If it wasn’t for the National Association of Realtors, Sophia Stuart said she never would have been able to buy her first home. But it wasn’t an NAR-certified Realtor for which Stuart is thankful. Rather, it’s NAR’s forgivable loan program, a benefit offered by the group to its employees. Under the loan program, which was started about five years ago, the NAR will lend employees $10,000 towards the purchase of their first home. Best of all, the group will forgive the full amount of the loan to staff who stay with the group for at least five years, said Kate McCarry, NAR’s managing director of human resources. Stuart, a recent graduate of the University of Maryland, fit the… Read More