President Obama and the FHA recently announced that it would reduce its mortgage insurance premium from 1.35 to 0.85, which makes FHA loans even more affordable. The FHA, which is overseen by HUD and insures mortgages with down payments

Eydie Koonin of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty chose an interesting time to begin her real estate career. She got her license in April 2008, in the midst of the housing market collapse. At the time, she sat

What would your advice be to your younger, rookie agent self, now that you’re a top producer? Weslee Knapp, Keller Knapp Realty: “Take a different approach than the average person. Every property is different, and you have to understand who

PalmerHouse Properties founder and CEO Kevin Palmer is starting to see more luxury cars in Intown Atlanta. He takes the increased presence of Ferraris, Mercedes-Benzes and Jaguars as strong indicators that Atlanta’s consumers are feeling more confident in the

Our cover stories ran the gamut this year, from the mortgage markets, to real estate tech, to top producers – which topics, though, proved most popular with our readers? Click through to find

Anxious to find out what’s next for real estate in 2015? Trends have been slow to emerge and the market has been incrementally improving each year, 2013’s market was very similar to 2014’s market; it doesn’t feel like much

When a new agent comes to Berkshire Hathaway Home Services chief marketing officer Tony Floyd for career advice, he asks them thorough questions so that he can fully understand their situation. He takes the same tact with seasoned pros

Real estate is a competitive profession. And while there are any number of occupations that may, rightfully, make a similar claim, hardly any industry is as dedicated to leveraging those positions of prominence as explicitly as those in real

Technology is ever-changing – one minute, an app or software program is hot, the next, it’s out of date. It’s hard enough for agents to keep up with the latest in tech, so our panel of real estate professionals

Technology is ever-changing, particularly in the app market, where new products constantly provide new dimensions to our professional or recreational lives. So with that in mind, we decided to spotlight nine relatively new apps for real estate agents that

The National Association of Realtors is launching the very first domain name to be used strictly by real estate professionals: .REALTOR. Originally announced in June 2012, the domain name will launch on Oct. 23. Plus, NAR is offering the

The art of cultivating and generating leads is crucial for agents who want to be successful in their communities, but the myriad methods of doing so can be difficult to navigate. Online software tools and help services exist to

If the term “real estate agent” were in the dictionary, there’s a very good chance that “multi-tasker” would be one of its synonyms. After all, real estate agents are not only finding homes for their buyers and buyers for

What do brokerages outsource? And what do they reserve for in-house services? See our infographic below to find out (click on it for full

#182159002 / gettyimages.com RISMedia’s 2014 April issue asked brokers to rank the consumer groups that were most important to business. Below are the top five, according to the total respondents to RISMedia’s survey. For these demographics, what services are