Thursday, June 20, 2013

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Existing home sales increase as prices climb higher

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 07:10 AM PDT

As home prices continued to climb, existing-home sales rose 4.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.18 million in May from 4.97 million in April, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). "The housing numbers are overwhelmingly ...

Mortgage rates slip

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 07:01 AM PDT

After climbing continuously for well over a month, mortgages rates slipped this week. Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 3.93 percent with an average point of 0.8 percent for the week ending June 20, down from 3.98 percent last week ...

Chris Nielsen joins Redfin as CFO

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 06:43 AM PDT

Chris Nielsen has joined brokerage Redfin as chief financial officer, Redfin announced today. Nielsen's experience as chief operating officer at Zappose.com, a retail site, will help Redfin as it continues to expand, the company said. "He's a believer and a ...

MGM Resorts, AEG To Develop New Las Vegas Arena

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 06:16 AM PDT

LAS VEGAS-Populous chosen as architect of record. Team has worked together on numerous stadium and concert hall projects.

What buyers really think

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:01 AM PDT

Are buyers chomping at the bit to get into a home before mortgage rates shoot up? Or are the scarce inventories and soaring prices they're seeing in many markets making them think twice about whether it's the right time to ...

In defense of part-time agents

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:57 AM PDT

Most full-time real estate agents hold part-time agents in low regard. Part-time agents are sometimes considered unprofessional. But people become part-time agents for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they don't want to work full time, or they already have full-time ...

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Posted: 23 Jan 2013 10:31 AM PST

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Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:31 PM PDT

Lots of individuals that are looking to either purchase and sell properties need to bear in mind many of the essentials before speaking to those Las Vegas real estate agencies. The city is probably the most world renowned ...

Lake Las Vegas, long viewed as a bust, is rebounding - VEGAS INC

Posted: 15 May 2013 02:08 AM PDT

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | 2 a.m. - A few years ago, Lake Las Vegas was on the verge of collapse. Foreclosures swept through the bankrupt Henderson project as home values and retail ...

4 out of 5 top banks get failing marks from settlement monitor

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 03:31 PM PDT

Four out of the nation's five largest servicers — Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo — are failing to comply with servicing rules set forth in the $25 billion national mortgage settlement reached last year, according to ...

Fed prepared to end purchases of Treasurys, mortgage-backed securities by mid-2014

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:39 PM PDT

The Federal Reserve may taper its $85 billion-a-month Treasury and mortgage-backed securities habit later this year and wind those purchases down altogether by mid-2014 if the economy keeps chugging along, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said today — news that sent ...

Court throws out NeighborCity’s antitrust claims against NAR, MRIS

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:08 PM PDT

A federal district judge has dismissed antitrust claims filed by the operator of real estate listing portal and agent ratings website NeighborCity.com against the National Association of Realtors and Mid-Atlantic multiple listing service Metropolitan Regional Information Systems Inc. (MRIS). NeighborCity.com's ...

Feast and Feed: Community event attracts leads and donations

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 11:13 AM PDT

David Wilfert knows hosting events like community garage sales is a time-tested way to scoop up clients. But the broker, an associate at the Wilfert Group, decided he wanted to take a fresh angle on community get-togethers that turn up ...

Bicyclist hit by truck, killed north of Jean

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:41 AM PDT

A bicyclist was killed Wednesday morning when he was hit by a passing dump truck several miles north of Jean.

Can brokers, MLSs find common ground?

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 11:04 AM PDT

In the not-so-distant past, multiple listing services were all about providing member brokers with access to information about each other's listings, and to make offers of compensation to cooperating brokers and agents who could bring a buyer to a sale. ...

FICO: ‘Big data’ is big business

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:04 AM PDT

"Predictive analytics is becoming the defining technology of the early 21st century," claims San Jose, Calif.-based predictive analytics and decision management software company FICO. FICO — perhaps best known for its credit-scoring algorithms — makes a case for that bold ...

Report: Wind down Fannie and Freddie, but provide government backstop for mortgage securitization

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 08:54 AM PDT

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be wound down and their securitization activities spun out into a new platform overseen by a new, FDIC-like federal agency, according to a bipartisan report by Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi and former ...

Tragedy averted after Realtors detect house fire

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 08:40 AM PDT

Two Joplin, Mo., Realtors may have saved the lives of a family of three by alerting them that their house was on fire. Bonnie Wright and Susi Yost, Realtors with Pro 100, were touring properties when they noticed white smoke ...

Get the most out of Facebook groups

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 08:30 AM PDT

Facebook groups can teach us a lot. If used right, they work as a constant reminder of all of our important relationships we have, old and new. Earlier this week, I happened to catch a conversation happening in a Facebook ...

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