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The struggling housing market needs to be a priority on the nation's public policy agenda, because housing and homeownership issues affect all Americans. That was the message from speakers at the Legislative and Political Forum at the 2011 REALTORS® Conference & Expo last week.
REALTORS® at the National Association of REALTORS® annual conference heard from Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson and political media consultant Alex Castellanos, who both agreed the housing market is hurting and needs to be a top priority for the 2012 presidential candidates.
As real estate transactions continue to become increasingly paper-laden, Krisstina and Garry Wise of The GoodLife Team in Austin, Texas, are working to take the paper out of the transaction entirely. “Paper slows everything down,” says Garry. “DocuSign removes the hassles of paper to help our team close more deals ...
Stewart Title, a provider of title insurance and related services, knows a thing or two about customer convenience. They have, after all, been in the business for nearly 120 years. The company got its start in 1893 in Galveston, Texas, and has since grown from a national company to an ...
In response to the clamor in the media about a double dip in housing, Greg Rand (
@gsrand), CEO of
OwnAmerica encouraged his audience to build up a resistance to the negativity, or you might miss a great opportunity.
Home Warranty of America (HWA), a leading supplier of whole home protection plans across the United States, has been acquired by Direct Energy, North America’s largest competitive energy and energy-related services company, the company has announced.
Industry veteran Sandra Sanders, broker/owner of RE/MAX Palos Verdes Realty & Execs, was honored with RISMedia’s 2011 National Homeownership Award this past Friday, November 11, during RISMedia’s 16th Annual Power Broker Dinner in Anaheim, California.
The deadline for early bird registration for this year's Real Estate Marketing Summit in San Diego next month ends at midnight tonight. Those who have not already RSVP’d for this industry-leading event, may do so now through midnight at the reduced rate of $99. ...
LPS MLS Solutions, a division of Lender Processing Services (LPS), announced recently that the Upstate Alliance of REALTORS® (UPSTAR MLS) selected LPS' Paragon™ as its MLS system. ...
Last week I had the opportunity to attend Ad Tech, the number one event for digital marketing here in New York City. Not only did I have full access to the event, but I was one of the few that got to sit in on the press briefing; 10 companies ...
Between 2005 and 2011, the proportion of young adults living in their parents' home increased, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The percentage of men age 25 to 34 living in the home of their parents rose from 14 percent in 2005 to 19 percent in 2011 and from 8 percent to 10 percent over the period for women.
This month, Prudential California Realty is revealing its transformation from a traditional brokerage to a revolutionary and innovative real estate company of the future, the company has announced. The company’s re-tooling has been in the works for over three years and is now being revealed with the grand opening of ...
Windermere Solutions LLC (WSLLC), a technology company spun out from Seattle-based Windermere Real Estate, has announced a new era of technology products and services with the launch of its first product, Agent Websites. ...
Metro area median existing-home prices in the third quarter generally were down from a year ago, while sales rose in every state from the third quarter of 2010, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of REALTORS®. ...
REALTORS® stand ready to protect and defend opportunities for homeownership, and many of them have gathered here at the 2011 REALTORS® Conference & Expo to prepare for the challenges ahead. ...
CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, recently announced the launch of HomeStandings on RE/MAX Mainstreet, a members-only extranet website exclusive to the RE/MAX organization, including RE/MAX Affiliates, RE/MAX Employees and RE/MAX Approved Suppliers. According to the company, the HomeStandings report provides property specific, easy-to-understand, professional-grade data and analytics that enable RE/MAX Agents to accurately assess the overall purchase quality of a home.
