Consumer Guide Update: Your Home and Estate Planning

Louisiana REALTORS® • May 14, 2025

As previewed last week, NAR is pleased to share the latest consumer guide focused on estate planning. This guide explains how estate planning can help homeowners protect their property and ensure it is passed on according to their wishes, covering tools like wills, trusts, and title planning.

 

As a reminder, all guides in this series are available for download—in both English and Spanish—on facts.realtor. Please allow a few days for the Spanish version of the latest resource to be translated and uploaded. For ease of reference, below is a list of the most recent guides:

 

 

Thank you for continuing to engage with the “Consumer Guide” series and for sharing the resources with prospective clients so that they have the information they need to find success in their homebuying or selling journey. Please remember that these guides are for informational purposes only and are not meant to enact or change any existing NAR policy.

 

Be on the lookout for next week’s guide on Wednesday, which will cover the differences between a buyer’s market and a seller’s market.

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