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RISMEDIA, October 27, 2009—Agents involved in foreclosures and short sales may need to begin to disclose the possibility of serious property transfer defects associated with these types of lender controlled sales. ...

RISMEDIA, October 27, 2009—It’s amazing how much can change in just two short years. Two years ago I wrote an article titled “Is the End in Sight for Brick and Mortar?” ...

RISMEDIA, October 27, 2009—Gen X and Gen Y consumers are already a significant economic force in the “first-time home buyer” category (making up 78% of all first-time home buyers according to the National Association of Realtors 2008 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers). In a few years, they will be ...

RISMEDIA, October 27, 2009—Fifty-four percent of Latinos that participated in a phone survey conducted on behalf of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), expressed a strong interest in homeownership and plan to buy a home in the next five years. The poll was conducted among Latino renters living in the foreclosure-ravaged markets of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and Phoenix and coincides with a national survey of Hispanic real estate professionals announced during its annual member convention in Las Vegas. The survey findings reinforce what many of the 16,000-member Hispanic trade group’s members report - a strong consumer interest that could further fortify the first-time homebuyer market.

RISMEDIA, October 27, 2009—(MCT)—If you belong to a gym and have fallen off the fitness wagon, maybe a trip to the park or beach is in order. Not to lie on your back, but to get moving again. So says Dr. Rhonda Fine, a Miami psychologist who advises health nuts and the people who train them on how to get their motivation for working out back.

RISMEDIA, October 27, 2009—Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc./Platinum Group Services announced the creation of a unique program, developed to assist clients and real estate associates with short sales transactions. As part of Long & Foster’s ongoing response to the changing market and needs of buyers, sellers, and sales associates, ...

RISMEDIA, OCTOBER 27, 2009—Pedal to Properties, a growing real estate company that lets buyers hunt for homes while riding cruiser bikes, will show off its winning business model that’s bucking the national real estate slump when the company visits the National Association of Realtors Annual Conference and Expo in San ...

RISMEDIA, October 26, 2009—Existing-home sales bounced back strongly in September with first-time buyers driving much of the activity, marking five gains in the past six months, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Existing-home sales–including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops–jumped 9.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.57 million units in September from a level of 5.10 million in August, and are 9.2% higher than

RISMEDIA, October 26, 2009—Top 5 President Allan Dalton spent last week in Florida speaking with Prudential Florida Realty’s top producing agents

RISMEDIA, October 26, 2009—As a 2009 recipient of Quality Service Certification Inc.’s “Qe Award” for outstanding customer service, Prudential Palms Realty

RISMEDIA, October 26, 2009—It is virtually impossible to read a real estate newswire, magazine or attend an event without finding an article or hearing about

RISMEDIA, October 26, 2009—The General Accountability Office has reportedly frozen more than 110,000 first-time home buyer tax credit refunds pending

RISMEDIA, November 2, 2009—Residents of Chicago say they have the least amount of balance in their lives, while people in Miami claim to have

RISMEDIA, October 26, 2009—In order to create hundreds of thousands of badly needed jobs and move the economy to higher ground, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) called on Congress to extend and expand the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit set to expire at the end of next ...

RISMEDIA, October 26, 2009—U.S. home prices fell 0.3% on a seasonally-adjusted basis from July to August, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported 0.3% increase in July was unrevised. For the 12 months ending in August, U.S. prices fell 3.6%. The U.S. index ...