NAREE

What Buyers Want in 2025: From Dog Parks to Downsizing, Amenities and Affordability Are Key

By Shelby Skrhak / June 18, 2025 /

Today’s homebuyers — the few who can actually afford to buy — are less concerned with the biggest house on the block and more focused on what happens outside the front door. That was the message from housing insiders on what buyers want in 2025 at the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) annual…

NAREE Panelists Emphasize COVID-19’s Impact on Real-Estate Industry

By Tommy Cummings / December 21, 2020 /

Speakers at the National Association of Real Estate Editors took a deep dive into those topics and more at the 54th annual NAREE journalism conference presented via webinar to its members.

CandysDirt Wins Award at NAREE With Story Linking Healthcare to Housing Insecurity

By CandysDirt / June 29, 2019 /

Our Bethany Erickson won at the National Association of Real Estate Editor’s 69th Annual Journalism Awards last night with a report on how affordable healthcare impacts housing security. The judges said: “This in-depth piece on how basic to catastrophic illnesses affect someone’s ability to pay their mortgage is based on a study that was the…

BREAKING: CandysDirt.com Takes Home Gold and Bronze at NAREE Journalism Contest

By CandysDirt / June 16, 2018 /

After a busy three days of panel discussions, networking and writing, the National Association of Real Estate Editors — or NAREE — announced Friday night that CandysDirt.com writers Jon Anderson and Bethany Erickson both took home awards for their reporting last year. Anderson took home a Bronze Award for his breaking news story on the…

Five L’s Hamper New Home Construction and Affordability

By Bethany Erickson / June 15, 2018 /

The good news? In the past year, 909,000 new single-family homes have been started, and it’s projected that by 2020 starts on new home construction will hit the one million mark. The bad news? The need will be for 1.2 million, a leading economist said Thursday. “The forecast is that home prices will continue to…