It's raining 'outside blogs'
The ActiveRain Real Estate Network is offering its nearly 100,000 members free "outside blogs" that they can dress up with their own branding ...Industry mourns loss of October Research founder
Joseph Renaldo Casa, who made the transition from the world of title insurance and electronic record-keeping to found his own publishing company, ... Wells Fargo, Tico in hot water over short sales
Wells Fargo, Tico settle allegations of false FHA claims Federal prosecutors in Arizona said they reached a $4.3 million civil settlement with ... Ex-agent doesn't miss shoveling dog doo
Tom Geller is a freelance writer in San Francisco and author of "Save My Home: 10 Steps for Avoiding Foreclosure." Geller worked as ...
Speed of price correction is 'almost unprecedented'
SAN FRANCISCO -- The bad news: It's "almost unprecedented" that home prices are falling "this swiftly and this steeply in this short ...Site posts foreclosure addresses for free
ForeclosurePoint, a Seattle-area data company, is offering free information about foreclosure filings, including property addresses and filing dates, ... Title agency's funds and founder vanish
Large Florida title company in receivership A 32-year-old title company that once boasted seven offices and 85 employees in Palm Beach County, ... Marketing guru rocks out to Pennywise, No Doubt
Nicole Nicolay, co-founder of Effektive Solutions, a real estate technology and marketing company, was raised in a family of Realtors. She got her ... Stop hyping my market
Charlotte real estate not as rosy as media reports Realtor magazine senior editor Wendy Cole was recently surprised by the reaction of real estate ...
Redfin takes Chicago
Redfin Corp., a real estate company that offers deep discounts to real estate buyers in the form of rebates and flat-fee services for sellers, announced ...Introducing 'Mr. Is,' an MLS superhero
A multiple listing service -- which facilitates the exchange of information and offers of compensation among participating real estate brokers -- ... Prudential partners with Cyberhomes, Google Base
Prudential listings go to Cyberhomes, Google Base, Oodle Citing their popularity with consumers, Prudential Real Estate Affiliates Inc. said it's ... Market's 'mania' and 'bulimia' revealed
SAN FRANCISCO -- Gary Hamel, a strategist on management practices who has consulted with major U.S. companies, described "bankers' bulimia" ... 30-year loans still cheaper than a year ago
Fixed rates stable, ARM rates up on Fed uncertainty Freddie Mac reports that rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.45 percent with an ...
Gas prices pique interest in Walk Score
With gas prices surging over $4 a gallon, a Web site that scores the walkability of a neighborhood is enjoying what its developers hope will be more ...News analysis: Why prices are slippery on the way down
It used to be that when real estate markets went south, they did so in a somewhat leisurely fashion. Buyers stopped buying and builders stopped building, ... Struggling borrowers hold out for affordable loans
$300 billion FHA expansion clears Senate hurdle A plan to expand FHA loan guarantee programs by $300 billion to help troubled borrowers refinance ... Top blogger grew up in real estate
Mary Pope-Handy is a Realtor with Keller Williams in Los Gatos, Calif. She specializes in Silicon Valley areas and is well known for her real estate ...
Hoodeo: Start house hunting at neighborhood level
A new Web site that promises to help house hunters locate neighborhoods and listings that best fit their lifestyle and income won't always turn up ...Agents hope same-sex marriages will spark real estate sales
A court ruling that legalizes same-sex marriages in California may not cure the state's housing slump -- but it could drive more real estate transactions. ... Blog to dominate
More voices -- the remedy for blogs with growing pains The Real Estate Tomato's Jim Cronin has some tips for bloggers experiencing "growing ... Fizber adds foreclosures
Flat-fee real estate site partners with Foreclosure.com Fizber.com, a real estate search site that also offers flat-fee advertising and property ... Global home-price gains trump U.S.
OFHEO: Home prices back to December 2005 levels U.S. home prices fell 0.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from March to April, according ...
Harvard study: Housing slump worst in 50 years
The current housing slump is far from over and is shaping up to be the worst in 50 years, according to an annual report on the state of the nation's ...Avalar Network acquires Better Homes Realty
Avalar Network Inc., a fast-growing real estate franchise company with operations in 20 states, has acquired Better Homes Realty, a San Francisco ... Builders push home buyer tax credit
NAHB issues 'all-out' call to Congress The National Association of Home Builders today announced that the trade group "has initiated an all-out ... Online tools, insight and 'the good old days'
The following is a collection of reader comments found on Inman.com: Real estate professionals must provide insight with information MLSs, ... Real estate coach breaks into card games
Bernice Ross -- author, real estate coach and CEO of RealEstateCoach.com -- was inspired to enter real estate after meeting a "Million Dollar ...
MLSs, brokers eye consumer tools
A new report by real estate consulting firm WAV Group suggests that real estate brokers, agents and multiple listing services are embracing technologies ...Realtors justify Tempo 5 launch
San Diego Realtors group explains changes in technology, security San Diego Association of Realtors President Lori Staehling, in a San Diego MLS ... Confusion over new VOW rules clarified
NAR counsel offers guidance on DOJ settlement agreement Ralph Holmen, associate general counsel for the National Association of Realtors, provides ... Bug Realty founder says 'lose the Lexus'
Kevin Seney, founder and CEO of Bug Realty, built his first spec home at age 18, instantly became a real estate investor and hasn't looked back. ...
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