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Housing affordability puts more seasonal spring in home buyers’ step
As interest rates hover around record low levels and home prices bounce along the bottom, incomes are also cooperating to make housing more affordable than ever. Of course, all those favorable affordability conditions don’t amount to a hill of beans [...]
Video-on-demand due as next frontier for Realtor.com’s listings
Remote controlled access to Realtor.com's listings is the next big thing on the menu for digital access to homes for sale. Later this year, the Realtor.com Channel will
What your listing real estate agent doesn’t tell you
JIM LOWENSTERN - Selling a home is a major undertaking for anyone and isn't to be approached lightly. You want to do everything right to nail the sale, but
Infographic: The White House listing
The White House for sale? Not really. But if the historic landmark, 55,000-square-foot mansion home of the First Family was put on the market it would fetch about $110 million
Zillow: ‘It’s time to start shopping’
In the latest report pointing to a housing recovery, Zillow says a 0.5 percent month-to-month rise in it's Home Value Index (ZHVI) marks the largest monthly increase since
Infographic: Real estate agents and technology use
The real estate industry, once a technological laggard at the thought of providing easy public access to listings, is now, by some accounts, well ahead of the game,
Infographic: How to sell your home
It's time to move. You can afford to move up or over. But you aren't quite sure how to proceed. Decisions, decisions. First, you must decide if you are going
Infographic: 2012 shaping up as good time to buy
It's buying time again. A host of factors point to 2012 as a good time to buy a home. Interest rates are low The average interest rate on 30-year conforming fixed
Home sellers lower prices to compete, bidding wars ensue, recovery heats up
We recently gave Chinese astrology some mystical credit for the Year of the Dragon's positive impact on the 2012 real estate market. Sellers, however, don't really need to read
Bandits jumping on the timeshare bandwagon as industry gains speed
Timeshares' tiny $5 billion slice of the real estate pie is poised to grow with more sales and timeshare rats are scurrying out of the woodwork to take
NAR: ‘Recovery is happening,’ March sales, prices rise
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS - Existing-home sales dipped in March, but continued to outpace last year's levels. At the same time, inventory tightened and home prices showed further
California median home price posts first year-to-year increase in 16 months
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS – California home sales declined in March from February's pace, while the median home price snapped a 16-month annual price decline and posted
Infographic: Why some homes sell faster
Nationwide, more indicators point to a market on the verge of recovery, but deals aren't done until escrow closes. Home inspection finds, underwriting fails and early onset buyer's remorse
Infographic: MLSListings launches MLS Source mobile app for SF Bay Area buyers, sellers, real estate professionals
MLSLISTINGS.COM – Just in time for the spring home buying season, a new mobile real estate app is available for northern California home buyers and sellers – but
More renters move up to home ownership, still more returning to the nest
In another sign of the housing recovery times, the trend of renters moving out to own homes is picking up speed at a pace not seen in 18
Investors: Let’s get this party started
If you think investors are charging the housing recovery, you ain't seen nothing yet. Investors, hand picking individual properties, working in groups, buying in bulk and smacking down all-cash
FHFA rule restricts mortgages for properties with private transfer fees
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has sent a final rule to the Federal Register on private transfer fees. The final rule limits Fannie
Vacation homes reemerge as hot investment properties
Join a real estate investment group and pool your money. Tap retirement money. Get a second job. Get a third job. Just do what it takes. If you've ever
Investors fueling housing recovery, first-time buyers back off
More cash rich investors, with a growing penchant for short sales, are energizing the housing market. All-cash sales rose to 33 percent of transactions in February from 31 percent
Infographic: Mobile apps essential for real estate professionals, housing consumers
Email, a web site, a blog, and social networking accounts aren't enough for individual real estate professionals to attract the most tech-savvy buyers, sellers and renters. Consider adding an



























