It’s election season, and polls seem to be more prevalent than the cherry trees in Washington, D.C., but a new Q2 2012 survey from HomeGain has some interesting findings for how the real estate community views the president –

Acceleration clause. Addendum. Amortization. Assignment. Oh yes, we’re talkin’ real estate jargon – and we haven’t even gotten through the A’s yet! Real estate is one of those industries that can lay on the jargon pretty thick sometimes, and

The fifth season of “Mad Men” concluded on Sunday, and in the show’s trademark fashion, it mixed business and pleasure in ways that only Don Draper, Roger Sterling and co. are capable of doing. But although Mr. Draper may

Social networking is one of those areas that can seem impossible to master, a style of marketing so broad that a coherent strategy is all but impossible. But as with most concepts that appear daunting, social networking can be

The parent company of Realogy, which owns Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Better Homes and Sotheby’s International Realty, is hoping to raise $1 billion today in an initial public offering. The IPO is a full circle for Domus Holdings, Realogy’s owner,

Real estate, as is the case with every other service-sector profession, is an industry built upon customer satisfaction, and an agent’s success will almost entirely depend on how past clients perceive – and more importantly, endorse – the agent’s

There are numerous signs out there that housing is recovering, and the folks at Redfin have presented yet another one – the preponderance of multiple offers. Seventy-one percent of respondents in the brokerage’s Real-Time Home-Buyer Tracker reported that when they

The average 30-year FRM last week shattered previous record lows by falling to just 3.67 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Down from last week, when it averaged 3.75 percent the 30-year was 4.49 percent

Compared to lawyers, politicians and used car salesmen, how ethical are real estate agents? According to a new poll out from Gallup, the answer to that question is actually quite

As Slater puts it in “Dazed and Confused” – “That’s what I’m talking about, man!” A Colorado man shipped 12 pounds, or $18,000 worth, of marijuana to his real estate

Home values reached a milestone in April, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI), rising 1.1 percent year-over-year. The increase was the second consecutive yearly gain for the HPI and the first time consecutive increases have occurred since June

As we’ve chronicled on several occasions, housing is coming back, and now that the market is improving, many features of the post-boom market no longer apply. Here are five of the most common remnants of the past housing market

The composition of the U.S.’ housing market is changing radically, and nowhere is that change more apparent than among hispanic homeowners. The data could not be more clear – in the next two years, the purchasing power for Hispanics

Job-hunting sites such as Monster, Career Builder and especially Simply Hired have made job searches easier than ever, but in the case of real estate, a bit more legwork may be necessary. Chicago Agent did a sweep of the real

Lender Processing Services (LPS) made quite a stir last week with its report that foreclosures on Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-guaranteed homes rose by 73 percent in April. Naturally, the FHA, feisty as ever, is not taking that claim mildly,

The Supreme Court’s rulings have a habit of disappearing in the daily news cycle, but its most recent ruling could have a transformative effect on the entire real estate landscap. The ruling for Freeman et. al. v. Quicken Loans,