If you're a fan of the Case-Shiller Index®, the recent numbers are not pretty. For graphic representation, I like this report from seekingalpha.com. Notice that the high-flyers from ... Read More

Some of the largest home loan sources in the country are cutting back loans through mortgage brokers. In the case of Bank of America, they may not be using ... Read More

It's Thanksgiving morning and I'm in a hotel in Phoenix, AZ. The Arizona Republic newspaper was in front of my door, so I took it to breakfast. A front page story ... Read More

As real estate professionals, we're very aware of oversight, licensing and other governmental regulation of our business. As most government oversight is "for the protection of the consumer", there ... Read More

Gloom and doom real estate predictions are everywhere these days. The residential market has definitely lived up to the fears many voiced months ago. Lately there have been ... Read More

"Squeeze your real estate agent" is what you do if you're a buyer in a slow real estate market. At least that's what this freelance writer recommends. True, if you ... Read More

Are you in property management? Or, do you practice real estate in a resort or vacation market? USA Today's "Staying at a real home away from home" provided ... Read More

EARTHtimes.org has this interesting article on some of the information coming out of the NAR convention. NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun says "2007 will be the fifth best year ... Read More

If you subscribe to the belief that the best time to buy is when there is the most bad news, then look at commercial REITs right now. But, it's ... Read More

I stumbled on Google trends yesterday and found it to be quite interesting. Typical for Google, they don't give you actual numbers, but you can see a graph of ... Read More

Not long ago, I experimented with a St. Joseph statue on a listing that had been on the market for well over a year. There was nothing wrong with ... Read More

The Baby Boomer generation is entering retirement, and marketing to them for virtually any product or service is top-of-mind for many businesses. There likely are studies to attempt an ... Read More

Millions of websites and blogs have their RSS feeds going out within moments of pushing the "publish" button. It's an amazing system, and it definitely puts the latest information ... Read More

When homes are moving, a large inventory of listings is the goal of most brokers. When homes aren't moving, a large inventory of listings is an exercise in diplomacy. ... Read More

Overseas Property Mall has posted a group of international condominium sales or pre-sales that boggle the mind. It just shows that the rich aren't necessarily holding back because of ... Read More

NAREIT, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts®, produces a daily report of detailed performance statistics by REIT type in .pdf format. Looking at today's report, there wouldn't ... Read More

Though commercial development is still in an uptrend, the October 2007 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices indicates significant tightening of commercial loan standards with a corresponding ... Read More

I'll be at the NAR convention from Monday evening through Wednesday night next week. I'd love to hear from anyone who is there and has suggestions for this site. Email ... Read More