The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes increased in July but remained well below last year's levels, a sign that demand for housing remains weak.Read More

The reason why Realtors handling short sales should not let a short sale investor take over negotiations with a lender may not be fairly obvious.

Unprecedented low mortgage rates and increasing affordability make this a buyer's market, however, pessimistic US consumers are not shopping, and the worst is probably not behind us yet.Read More

New York City real estate -- with its big dollar signs and egos to match -- is known for its epic rivalries.Read More

Home sale prices dipped in August but inventory was down, according to figures released Wednesday by the Grand Rapids Association of Realtors.Read More

What's the number one absolute best way to get more organic traffic to your real estate blog, website or lead capture pages? Content creation.Read More

I recently read an article on CNBC where the author talked about Bill Gross's recommendation to lower the down payment requirements for people to purchase homes. Lower down payments would create another bubble followed by another burst. Lowering lending standards is not the way to boost the recovery of the housing market. Read why: Read More

A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of a real estate agent found guilty of seeking an illegal kickback on the sale of a state office building near the Capitol in Madison.Read More

HCP Inc. on Tuesday said it reached a $50 million deal to terminate the contracts on 27 of its senior housing communities managed by Sunrise Senior Living Inc.Read More

Tulsa area home sales plunged in July, with the 31 percent drop putting the year-to-date total behind 2009 for the first time.Read More