Helping Buyers Get Their Dream Home in a Low-inventory Market
What do new-home buyers, Midwesterners and suburbanites have in common? They like garages. Seventy-eight percent of respondents in the National...
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Fannie Mae Takes Additional Steps to Streamline Short Sale Process
Fannie Mae recently introduced a new tool to help real estate professionals successfully close short sales. Listing agents are now...
Celeb Watch: Anna Faris and Chris Pratt Sell in LA
Comedic duo Anna Faris and Chris Pratt recently listed their Los Angeles home for $2,295,000. They recently purchased an additional...
The Mortgage Professor: Subprime Loans Back, and They’re U.S.-Insured
(MCT)—Think subprime mortgages have gone away? Think again. We have a subprime market lurking within the Federal Housing Administration, with...
Chicago Real Estate: $1 Million-Plus Home Sales Outpace Broader Market
RE/MAX reports that the luxury segment of the Chicago real estate market, consisting of homes that cost $1 million or...
Coldwell Banker Real Estate Names New Senior VP of Marketing
Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC recently named Sean Blankenship as its new senior vice president of marketing, the company has...
78 Percent of Key Ethnic Groups Consider Homeownership Biggest Indicator of Status
Just-Released Survey Confirms Diversity Critical to Future Real Estate Success Over the past few weeks several major brokers including Mark...
Why Single Family Real Estate Rentals Are Here to Stay
Is the single family rental boom just another real estate bubble? Or are we witnessing the expansion of a new...
New! A Marketplace for Health Insurance
NAR PULSE—NAR is excited to introduce the REALTORS® Insurance Marketplace, a one-stop shop for health and wellness insurance needs. Multiple...
Dispelling Myths: What Every REALTOR® Should Know about Title Insurance
The process of buying a home is complicated. Consumers can become confused and frustrated with the mounds of paperwork and...
Smart Kitchen Gadgets Worth Buying…and Ones to Avoid
“The smartest kitchen is not the one with the most gadgets,” says one expert on kitchens. “It is the one where every product has a job, every surface is easy to use and the person cooking does not feel surrounded by things that are in the way.” Read more.
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