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  • Brokerage Owner Helps Police Bust Own Agent Over Sales
    06/21/2012
    The owner of a Canadian-based brokerage helped police in an investigation involving one of his own realty agents, who had sold several homes that were later seized by police as marijuana grow operations. 
  • Home Value Analysis Finds Unbalanced Recovery
    06/21/2012
    As home sales grow and available supply narrows, home values have held up or are beginning to rise in neighborhoods with good public school systems, low crime rates, and nearby transportation corridors.  However, other neighborhoods—especially in the exurbs—are not yet in recovery mode.
  • 5 Biggest Mistakes Home Buyers Make
    06/20/2012
    Some home buyers fall for common pitfalls when purchasing a home. Make sure your clients aren’t among them.
  • Cities’ Secret Weapon to Boosting Home Values
    06/20/2012
    Communities could potentially see billions of dollars in home appreciation if they concentrate on decreasing one statistic.
  • A Major Roadblock to Full Housing Recovery?
    06/20/2012
    A new report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies hints at what is keeping many potential home buyers on the sidelines. And it’s not by their choice.
  • First-Time Buyers Find Housing Market Tough
    06/20/2012
    "I thought it was a buyer's market ripe for the picking," says one first-time home buyer who found the competition for a home much steeper than what he ever imagined.
  • MBA: Gov’t Refinancing Hits High, Other Loan Apps Fall
    06/20/2012
    Applications for government mortgage refinancing more than doubled last week, reaching an all-time high, the Mortgage Bankers Association reports.
  • Building the Great Outdoors Room
    06/20/2012
    Home owners are discovering that the great outdoors can create a fine living space.
  • FHA Revokes Controversial Credit Dispute Rule
    06/19/2012
    The Federal Housing Administration has rescinded a new guideline that was widely criticized by the housing industry as shutting out too many potential borrowers from qualifying for a mortgage.
  • Fed Weighs Move to Take Mortgage Rates Even Lower
    06/19/2012
    The Federal Reserve's policy-making committee meets today and Wednesday to decide whether the economy could use another boost, and some analysts speculate the Fed may decide on a plan to take rates even lower.