Family Travel Five: Celebrity Haunts
(MCT)—When it comes to valuing getaways, celebrity parents are no different than the rest of us. Here are five places,...
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Mid-Atlantic Housing Market: New Distressed Properties Report Examines Strength and Trends
With the potential for a new ripple of foreclosures and short sales in markets across the country, Metropolitan Regional Information...
Consumers Are Using Online Recommendations to Pick Agents
Realtor.com Business Beat—Its’ coming, and you need to be prepared: Consumers are beginning to choose agents based on published reviews...
Billionaire Buys Hawaiian Island of Lanai
(MCT)—Rich guys have been tied to stories about tropical islands long before Thurston Howell III was trapped on “Gilligan’s Island.”...
Tight Inventories almost Bypass Luxury Market
It’s still a buyer’s market for properties selling for more than half a million. Tight inventories driven by negative equity...
For a Smooth Vacation, Plan, Plan and Plan Some More
(MCT)—Recently, Chris Dibling-West and eight of her 10 grandchildren loaded up the car and headed west for Lake Martin in...
Coldwell Banker Real Estate Kicks Off New ‘Best Places to Live’ Series
Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC announce the launch of its new “Best Places to Live” five-part series in partnership with...
High Score: Builder Confidence Rises Six Points in July
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose six points to 35 on the National Association of...
Go Ahead — Be Weird at Work
(MCT)—What if that wacky idea that bubbled into your brain during a meeting — the one you stifled for fear...
Housing Finance Reform Must Provide Reliable Credit to Home Buyers, NAHB Tells Congress
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told Congress recently that proposed mortgage lending reforms under the Dodd-Frank Act must...
3 Ways Agents Can Build Trust in the First Conversation
In today’s market, trust is often the deciding factor in whether a client chooses to move forward with an agent or keep looking. And that trust is usually built, or lost, in the very first conversation. Read more.
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