FHFA Responds to NPR Freddie Mac Refinance Story
A ProPublica–NPR news story recently suggested that a mortgage financing vehicle utilized by Freddie Mac may be preventing homeowners from...
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Life in Mobile: Hitting Its Stride
In a recent interview with Greg Stuart, the global head of the Mobile Marketing Association, Stuart said, “2011 was the...
The Easiest Ways to Improve Your Email Marketing (And Why It’s So Hard)
(eM+C) Some things in life sound so simple, like burning more calories than you consume. But in reality it's quite...
Cartavi and DocuSign Help Agents Close Deals Faster
Cartavi, a document sharing platform for real estate, has integrated with DocuSign to help real estate professionals close more deals...
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Expands Its Presence in South Carolina
Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate recently announced the expansion of its network in South Carolina. Two offices that formerly...
Clareity Security Announces New Customers for SAFE Syndication™
Clareity Security, a provider of data security and syndication solutions for the real estate industry, recently announced the addition of...
Consumer Sentiment Picks up in Fourth Quarter
(MCT)—The lower-than-expected annualized growth rate of 2.8 percent reported Friday for the final three months of 2011 raises doubts about...
What’s New from NAR
NAR Pulse—This week’s headlines: HP’s New Tablet PC Reduced by $143 Through the NAR REALTOR Benefits® Program, you and your...
Mixed Mortgage Messages: Originations Decline but Quality Soars
Mortgage originations plunged 10.1 percent from November to December, continuing a decline from 2011’s September peak. At the same time,...
The Need to Go Mobile Is Now
In support of Google’s Go Mo initiative, Mobile Real Estate launched a free online tool in January that allows REALTORS®...
5 Key Reasons FSBOs Regret Not Using a Real Estate Agent
Some homeowners think selling their properties with no agent will save gobs of money on commissions. Almost always they come to regret it, settling on a price that could have been better, not to mention spending way more time on the process than they envisioned Read more.
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