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Nearly half of all US homeowners with a mortgage still ‘underwater’ in Q1

5/22/2013 11:01 PM

Despite rising home prices early in the year, a significant portion of U.S. homeowners with a mortgage — about 44 percent — still owed more on their home than it was worth or didn’t have enough equity to move at the .....Read More

3 game-changing reasons for getting started with Google Analytics [Infographic]

4/29/2013 4:40 PM

For most people, analytics is one of those subjects that other people pay attention to. There are a number of reasons why this is the case: there’s not enough time, it doesn’t seem important, or maybe it seems way too .....Read More

Calculated Risk: Housing inventory won’t bottom until 2014 [VIDEO]

4/10/2013 11:09 AM

Former tech executive turned blogger Bill McBride was one of the first to suggest that homes were precariously overvalued back in 2005. When he spots a trend, people have learned to listen. McBride — who gets up early every day .....Read More

New ad campaign highlights California Realtors’ role in state economy

4/1/2013 5:27 PM

The California Association of Realtors announced a new TV, Web, radio and print ad campaign today that highlights the positive impact its 155,000 members have on the state's economy.

Two 30-second TV spots, featuring the "ripple" effect that the facilitation of home buying and selling has on the economy and families, will air on th...Read More

National Association of Realtors to release national MLS

4/1/2013 2:12 PM

A national multiple listing service run by the National Association of Realtors should be ready by late summer, the large trade association announced today.

NAR has been working for the last decade to put all of the nation's agent-represented homes for sale into one database, consolidating the 800-plus multiple listing servi...Read More

April Fools’ Day real estate roundup

4/1/2013 2:10 PM

On the first day of April each year, communities, businesses and news outlets come up with stories intended to fool, amuse, and, sometimes, satirize. Here's a roundup of the posts .....Read More

NAR Tech Edge to launch this month

4/1/2013 12:49 PM

The National Association of Realtors will launch its tech-conference tour this month, the trade group announced today. The first event of the tour will be held on April 12 in Fairfax, Va., and others will follow in different locations throughout the summer and fall .....Read More

More millennials see homeownership as a good investment

4/1/2013 8:58 AM

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Study: Neighborhood zoning helped cause crisis

4/1/2013 8:22 AM

A new study published in the journal Housing Policy Debate may have identified another contributing factor to the financial crisis: neighborhood zoning .....Read More

Protect yourself against loan lock scams

4/1/2013 5:33 AM

A price quote means nothing until it is properly locked with the lender. A rate lock, as it is commonly called, is the lender's commitment that it will make the specified loan at the specified price within a specified future period. The price includes not only the interest rate but also points, which are upfront charges expressed as a percen...Read More