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RE/MAX agents worldwide will soon be pulling out their Apple iPads when meeting with prospective home sellers, using one of the real estate industry’s first iPad Apps for listing presentations called “RE/MAX Presenter,” an innovative and intuitive application developed exclusively for RE/MAX agents, the company has announced. ...
During the 2011 REALTORS® Conference & Expo in Anaheim, the National Association of REALTORS® named Chrysler Group LLC as the "Official Automobile Manufacturer" of NAR and the latest addition to the REALTOR Benefits® Program, the organization has announced. ...
According to an online house price estimator and economic model just updated by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), a third full bathroom is the one feature that can have the greatest impact on the value of a standard new single-family detached house in a Southern suburb, increasing the estimated price by about $43,000.
The estimator enables builders, developers, prospective home buyers and home owners to see the impact that various physical features might have on the price of a home.
Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate entered its 24th state with the addition of a Mobile, Alabama-based brokerage led by Leighton Dees and Joshua Tanner. The three-year-old brokerage, which has 30 agents, will now do business as Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Generations and will continue its mission to ...
Without good communication, you don’t have a business. Whether you’re staying in touch via telephone, face-to-face, IM, text or email; communication is the interpersonal ‘glue’ that holds everything together, cementing the foundations of your team, and sealing every crack to create a seamless and cohesive unit.
Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) released the results of its third quarter refinance analysis showing homeowners who refinance continue to strengthen their fiscal house by maintaining or reducing their mortgage debt.
In the third quarter of 2011, 82 percent of homeowners who refinanced their first-lien home mortgage either maintained about the same loan amount or lowered their principal balance by paying-in additional money at the closing table. Of these borrowers, 44 percent maintained about the same loan amount, and 37 percent of refinancing homeowners reduced their principal balance.
Recently, the National Association of REALTORS®, and Move, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE), a leader in online real estate and operator of Realtor.com, extended the lead of Realtor.com as one of the world’s largest online destination for real estate listings with the launch of the Realtor.com International website.
Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Rand Realty, a member of RISMedia’s Real Estate Information Network, recently celebrated its new Central Valley office location with a ribbon cutting ceremony, the company announced. ...
NAR recently worked with two well-respected policy think tanks –
the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) and the
Economic Policies for the 21st Century (e21) – that organized and conducted a policy meeting on October 4.
New Solutions for America’s Housing Crisis brought together policy leaders, industry representatives, Members of Congress, thought leaders and the media to present ideas and make actionable recommendations intended to stimulate the growth necessary for a sustained recovery in housing and extend an ensuing positive effect on job creation and the broader economy.
This week’s headlines from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® include: sign up to beta test new Ifbyphone product, join the Real Estate Professional Panel, and announcing the REALTOR® Good Neighbor Award winners. For more information visit www.REALTOR.org.
Prudential Florida Realty’s assistant managing broker in Palm Beach Gardens, Patricia Renna was recognized as the 2011 Realtor of the Year by the REALTORS® Association of St. Lucie (RASL), the company has announced.
Consumer money resource Bills.com recently released its 2011 Third Quarter Mortgage Report. Driven by an increased demand for refinance loans, consumer traffic to the company's mortgage tools and calculators more than doubled from the second quarter.
The majority of homeowners preferred 15-year fixed-rate loans as a way to combine lower interest rates with the stability of a fixed-rate product. Consumers in this quarter were also more accurate in estimating both their credit score and the value of their homes.
The federal government—with the support of the two leading professional appraisal organizations—has sanctioned the use of computerized, appraisals using algorithms and computerized databases of property data to determine a property’s value.
With the nation’s armed forces engaged on multiple fronts across the globe, military bases in the U.S. serve as focal points for training and support services as well as “home sweet home” for military families, furloughed soldiers, returning servicemen and women as well as civilians. Military bases are often self-sufficient ...
Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate recently announced that it has received a Silver W3 Award from the International Academy of the Visual Arts honoring the company’s website, bhgrealestate.com. The site received the commendation based on its creativity, navigation, functionality, visual design and ease of use. ...
