Housing Tax Credit Closing Extension Helps Some; Others Finding Market Ripe With Good Deals

It’s not a lot of time, but a three-month homebuyer limited tax-credit extension will help some. “I think it was one of relief by lots of homebuyers who had loans and real estate transactions in the pipeline and couldn’t close by the June 30th deadline

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Housing Tax Credit Closing Extension Helps Some; Others Finding Market Ripe With Good Deals

Real Estate Not for Faint of Heart

Often one of the greatest challenges even the best Realtors face is managing the transaction once the property enters the contract phase.

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Real Estate Not for Faint of Heart

Real Estate Outlook: Sales Promising

If you look at the latest housing numbers released last week by the Commerce Department and the National Association of Realtors, you’d have to say, “Wow! We are on track for an amazing year in sales — and maybe even prices.”

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Real Estate Outlook: Sales Promising

What "Realtor" Means to You

You may hear people use the terms “Realtor” and “real estate agent” interchangeably. But did you know that not all agents are Realtors

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What "Realtor" Means to You

California Realtors Introduce New Purchase Contract

On April 28, 2010 the California Association of Realtors

NAR Commercial A Leading Voice for the Industry, The Market, and the Investor

Peter L. Mosca shares an excerpt of a radio show interview on Income Property Investment Talk dot com, with Blaine Walker, 2010 Chairman of the National Association of Realtors Commercial Division and Chere LaRose-Senne, Managing Director of Commercial Member Services

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NAR Commercial A Leading Voice for the Industry, The Market, and the Investor

NAR Commercial A Leading Voice for the Industry, The Market, and the Investor

Peter L. Mosca shares an excerpt of a radio show interview on Income Property Investment Talk dot com, with Blaine Walker, 2010 Chairman of the National Association of Realtors Commercial Division and Chere LaRose-Senne, Managing Director of Commercial Member Services.

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NAR Commercial A Leading Voice for the Industry, The Market, and the Investor

Realtor Association Expands Anti-Discrimination Policy

At the recent annual governance meeting of the National Association of Realtors held in San Diego, the Board of Directors adopted a recommendation to expand its existing support of equal opportunity to include its application with respect to sexual orientation. The exact wording of the motion was: “That existing NAR policy on equal housing opportunity be amended to include opposition to discrimination based on sexual orientation.”

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Realtor Association Expands Anti-Discrimination Policy

RealSource.net Executives Discuss 2010 and the Distressed Asset Marketplace

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Lots of Useful Information Contained in 2009 Survey of Home Buyers and Homes Sellers

There are no great surprises in the National Association of Realtors 2009 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, but, as in the past, the annual survey contains information useful both for consumers and for brokers and agents. The survey consisted of an eight-page questionnaire sent to 120,038 consumers who had purchased a home between July 2008 and June 2009.

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