Many home buyers overlook title and escrow services and forget to do their homework because the services come into play after the contract is signed. That's a mistake. Here's what to expect. Read More

Much like the proverbial apple that keeps the doctor away, committing at least an hour a day to your professional well being is the right prescription for the salesperson savvy enough to take a pro-active, preventative and inspired approach to ...Read More

Hope Now, the consortium of banks, mortgage companies and credit counselors hoping to stem the housing crisis, released its August numbers. New foreclosure starts dropped by more than 25% to 224,000. The number of people who actually lost their homes ...Read More

Agent responds to Barbara Corcoran's comments read more Read More

Prospective home buyers can protect themselves from an interest rate spike by investing in a mutual fund that tracks rates, or buying options on one of those funds, writes Brett Arends. Read More

Reduced redefaults tied to lower monthly paymentsread more Read More

Letters From the Home Frontread more Read More

Application manages foreclosure processread more Read More

Are you living in the gray area in the real estate world? Or worse, are you in the midst of all out mortgage fraud? Bet you are thinking that the police and prosecutors have much bigger fish to fry and ...Read More

Hope Now servicers take show on the roadread more Read More

Caution: It's not a marketing toolread more Read More

New agents are always nervous before their first listing appointment. Probably before their second, third, tenth & twelve, too. It does get easier, but here are some tips for getting through those nerve-wracking firsts. Read More

Sustainability is here to stay, and in the commercial investment and operations business if you are not ‘green’ you most likely will not survive, nor thrive in 2010 and beyond. Read More

Can you provide us some sample wording for a single family home HOA that would allow homeowners to pay for major repairs themselves but would allow the board architectural control of those repairs? Is there an average that HOA management ...Read More

Microsoft took homes off of executives' handsread more Read More

From Future of Real Estate Marketingread more Read More

Fed's Reg Z changes take effect Thursdayread more Read More

Home prices down 32.6% from 2006 peakread more Read More

We spend a lot of time here on the HotProperty blog gauging the health of the real estate market and pointing to clues about where it might be heading. But today, we need your help. Tell us about the nagging ...Read More

Never forget the power of entrenched interests. While the new guys are focused on innovation and extention, the old guys typically spend all their time protecting what they have. Till it is gone. The battle between the online real estate services ...Read More