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After selling off their banking assets, MetLife has announced that they are exiting the reverse mortgage business and selling their portfolios to Nationstar Mortgage,...
Are open houses coming back as an effective marketing tool? Have things come full circle? This weekend's Nationwide Open House Weekend already has over...
Zillow reports improvement in foreclosure levels and home values between February and March, but many markets are expected to continue a long descent to...
After weeks of improvement, and a week of backsliding, mortgage application volume continues to edge up, then slip backward and the refinance share of...
New home builders are reporting more interest among prospective buyers, but sales fell dramatically in some regions while they improved in others. Some say...
Home prices continue to slide, regardless of other improving economic indicators, which presents a major challenge to a housing recovery, particularly in cities like...
Real estate listing syndication has long been a contentious issue, but with today's announcement that brokers now have better information about where their data...
The gap between high-scoring schools and low-scoring schools has widened in the last decade, and there is a tight link between income levels, housing...
After a lengthy nomination process, HUD's news Deputy Secretary has been sworn in, which carries great weight for the housing industry as government agencies,...
After weeks of increasing mortgage application volume levels, last week's report showed a dip, which was more than overcome this week as mortgage application...
At the beginning of the recession, banks did not have massive levels of inventory of foreclosure homes, so an inherent stubbornness around agreeing to...
According to the National Association of Home Builers' survey, builders' confidence is on the decline, particularly regarding foot traffic as consumers remain hesitant to...
New York City real estate is a far different world than other American cities, particularly in the rental sector, where landlords, consumers, and brokers...
With each new government assistance program that seeks to help distressed homeowners, various scams attach themselves to the program name and frequently defraud homeowners...
RentJuice continues to lead in the rental relationship management (RRM) sector, and with today's announcement of a "common lease application," they are definitely pushing...
Last week, mortgage application volume made healthy gains for the first time in several weeks, but volume again slipped this week despite continued low...