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Number of Memorial Day Holiday Travelers Expected to Increase 5.4 Percent
RISMEDIA, May 25, 2010—AAA recently projected the number of Americans traveling on vacation this Memorial Day holiday weekend will increase...
Regional Spotlight: April Posts 8th Straight Month of Illinois Home Sales Gains; Statewide Median Price Up 5 Percent
RISMEDIA, May 25, 2010—The Illinois housing market saw positive indicators nearly across the board in April 2010 with upward momentum...
Optimistic Outlook for Housing, But Challenges Remain
RISMEDIA, May 24, 2010—Economists participating in a recent NAHB Construction Forecast Conference Webinar agreed that the housing market is on...
As Housing Market Nears Bottom, Pent-Up Supply Waits
RISMEDIA, May 24, 2010—While Zillow’s Q1 Real Estate Market Reports did contain a few bright spots regarding the housing market,...
Workers’ Waistlines Growing in Recession
RISMEDIA, May 24, 2010—(MCT)—This may not feel like a time of plenty. But many American workers' waist lines are expanding...
Homeowners: 5 Easy Do-It-Yourself Home Maintenance Projects
RISMEDIA, May 22, 2010—As we find ourselves in the midst of National Home Improvement month, HouseMaster, one of the first...
Prime Mortgages Going Bust at an Alarming Rate
RISMEDIA, May 22, 2010—(MCT)—Aftershocks from the nation's financial crisis continue rumbling through the housing sector as fixed-rate mortgages held by...
Around the Home: Only the Bold Dare to Play with Color
RISMEDIA, May 22, 2010—(MCT)—Of all the ways to be bold when choosing decor, I find that using bold colors is...
Learn How to Successfully Convert Brokerage-Generated Internet Leads at This Year’s Leadership Conference
RISMEDIA, May 21, 2010—RISMedia’s 2010 Real Estate Leadership Conference—‘The Real Estate Social Media Summit’—will provide the perfect backdrop for real...
3 Ways to Reclaim Your Work-Life Balance
Exhausted? Learn how top real estate agents reclaim work-life balance with strategic boundaries, batched tasks and weekly planning. Burn out less, close more. Read more.
