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Using Pinterest to Drive Real Estate Leads
This is part two in our five-part series, “Online Real Estate Lead Generation Strategies that Actually Work.” Saying that photos are important...

Consumer sentiment reaches post-recession high
Consumer sentiment rose to its highest level since the recession in May, despite a tough month on Wall Street and worsening conditions in Europe....

Supreme Court Rules Fee Split Required for RESPA Violation
The U.S. Supreme Court decides in favor of the National Association of REALTORS’® position in a pivotal RESPA case. The following guidance on...

What Big Aggregators Still Aren’t Telling Agents/Brokers | The VHT Blog
The folks at VHT have written a good blog article we feel broker’s should be aware of. On the wake of Edina Realty’s announcement it is...

Using Linked In Effectively
While LinkedIn has been called the most important social network, an article by Business Insider says that 80% of people aren’t using LinkedIn...

NAR Data Points to Recovery, but How Long Will It Last?
The take on the state of the housing market, according to Capital Economics, is that the U.S. is currently in recovery mode. Although other reports...

Home Prices Show Strongest Gain in 6 Years: NAR
Existing-home sales rose to 4.62 million (seasonally adjusted annualized rate) in April from a downwardly revised March rate of 4.47 million, the...

Record Low Rates Spur Mortgage Application Filings
Mortgage application filings rose 3.8% for the week ending May 18 as low interest rates spurred along refinancing activity, an industry trade group...

FHFA: Home Prices Rose 0.5% in First Quarter
Home prices across the nation rose a modest 0.5% in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency house...

Zillow: Nearly One-Third of Mortgaged Homes Underwater
The negative equity problem for U.S. homeowners might be worse than previously thought, at least according to a new measure from Zillow ($40.19...