March 9, 2009: Pending SalesMarch 31st, 2009

Author: REALTOR® TV

REALTOR Magazine on March 9, 2009, talks with NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun and Research Managing Director Paul Bishop about home sales and a change to MID proposed by the Obama administration that NAR opposes.

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