Category: Industry News

The Latest NAR Statistics …

The following statistics are provided by the National Association of Realtors (NAR)

The Home Search Process is Moving Online

According to a new Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, recently released by the National Association of REALTORS®, the Internet has become an essential and indispensable tool in the home search process.

Listing Domains Launches new Flash Image Gallery

ATTN ListingDomains users! We have just released our new Flash Slide Show control that can display your property photos FULL SCREEN at FULL RESOLUTION. Our dynamic resizer will optimize and display your photos to fit any size monitor. Our enhanced slide show features include: Unlimited Photos Dragable Thumbnail Strip Photo Captions Set Your Image Timing [...]

Almost half of homeowners with a mortgage could be underwater by 2011, says Deutsche Bank.

This CNN article is not good news for those of us in the real estate industry. In it Karen Weaver from Deutsche Bank estimates that home prices in the US will fall another 14% causing 48% of homeowners to be upside down on their mortgage. What?? I thought we were bottoming out? Anyone have any [...]

New iPhone app from WalkScore.com

I just downloaded the new app from walkscore.com and must say, it is pretty cool.  Some of my favorite features include: It’s Free! Will find nearby Starbucks in a hurry Directions to the amenity of your choice GPS will map your location Includes restaurant reviews For all you iphone junkies out there, this is one [...]

Real Estate Blogger Wanted!

Welcome to Real Inventive – a fresh, innovative real estate blog that provides an online space where real estate agents and brokers can network, learn about new real estate technology and regulations, follow real estate news, and share interesting thoughts and ideas.

Investor Report: Renting Versus Flipping

Interesting article about an Oakland, California real estate investment fund carving out a niche that might work in other areas with roughly similar demographics.

Expensive homes miss the recovery

In recent weeks, mortgage brokers, bankers, and even Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke have been talking about a housing rebound later this year. And the figures seem to back up their optimism: New home sales rose 11% in June for the third consecutive month.

iHomefinder Names Properties Online LLC Reseller Partner of the Month

Partner Honored for its Excellence in Sales, Quality and Customer Service. BERKELEY, CA – iHomefinder, Inc., the leading provider of online property search and MLS data, announces that Properties Online LLC has been named May 2009 Reseller Partner of the Month. Created to honor excellence among iHomefinder’s community of over 200 Reseller Partners, this month’s [...]