Where do your NAR membership dues go?

Ever wonder where your NAR dues go and just what exactly they get you? The answer is – a lot! As an NAR member, you receive incredible business benefits, as well as the support and guidance of more than one million other real estate professionals and world-class staff, all focused on helping you succeed.

NAR makes sure that your membership dollars work for you in many ways, particularly in the following key areas:

• Advocating for issues that matter to REALTORS®
  
• Economic and market research
  
• Helping REALTORS® understand their industry and improve their business
  
• Helping the public understand the value of working with a REALTOR®
  
• Supporting REALTORS at the state and local level

Here is a complete breakdown showing how your membership dues are used:

• $ 30         Legislative/Regulatory Advocacy
  
• $   6         Economic and Technological Research
  
• $   6         Publications (REALTOR®  Magazine and Realtor.org)
  
• $ 15         Consumer and Member Relationship Building
  
• $   4         Code of Ethics/Legal Policy, Enforcement
  
• $   5         Commercial/International Alliance Partnerships
  
• $ 10         State and Local Association Services and Support
  
• $   4         Customer Service and Product Suite
  
• $   0        All Volunteer Leadership, All Governance, All Committee Activity
  (all paid from non-dues revenue, none of your $80 goes here)
  
• $   0         Realtor.com
  
• $   0         Sentrilock
  
• $   0        *REALTORS® Federal Credit Union
  
• $   0         ePD (ePropertyData)Code of Ethics/Legal Policy, Enforcement
  
• $   0         REFormsnet
  
• $   0         RIN
  
• $   0         REBAC
  
• $   0        *Second Century Ventures
  
• = $ 80 total, annually     

*Paid out of Reserves

In fact, in comparison to other large trade associations and groups, NAR membership dues are quite low. Take a look at several of the largest trade groups' annual dues.