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Real-Estate Recovery Changes Investment Appeal

November 23, 2012

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324851704578131170098291336.html

Strange real estate laws still on the books that could cost you time and money

November 23, 2012

http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/strange-real-estate-laws-still-on-the-books-that-could-cost-you-time-and-money

Housing recovery gains traction, but needs looser standards to accelerate

November 23, 2012

http://m.nbcnews.com/business/economywatch/housing-recovery-gains-traction-needs-looser-standards-accelerate-1C7172742

Housing market recovery continues, new indicators show

November 23, 2012

http://mobile.nj.com/advnj/pm_29224/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=d3LcnnYf

Why Buyers Shouldn’t Go It Alone | Fox Business

November 18, 2012

http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/11/16/why-buyers-shouldnt-go-it-alone/

Fewer homeowners underwater.

November 18, 2012

http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?pageType=moneywatch&catid=57549937&feed_id=76&videofeed=43

Fewer homes for sale in October.

November 18, 2012

http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/1702845

Housing’s comeback looks real.

November 18, 2012

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/housings-comeback-looks-real-2012-11-16

Five reasons to take advantage of the real estate market this holiday season

November 18, 2012

http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2012/nov/17/five-reasons-take-advantage-real-estate-holidays/

Record-Low Mortgage Rates May Lift Housing

November 18, 2012

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-18/record-low-mortgage-rates-may-lift-housing-u-s-economy-preview.html

Stores Aren’t Going Away, and Yet . . . June 28, 2018
The Internet won’t be the end of stores but it’s certainly having an impact on the retail segment of commercial real estate. How much business has online shopping sites taken away from brick-and-mortar stores? Would downtown areas look different if some $1 trillion in sales hadn’t transferred from stores to the Internet in just the […]
Robert Freedman
Ethics Violations of Others Will Soon Be Visible to You June 13, 2018
If a real estate practitioner commits a seious violation of the NAR Code of Ethics, the person’s name will be released by the local association so that you and other professionals in that association can see who they are. A picture of the violator and a description of what they did wrong will also be […]
Robert Freedman
NAR Policy is All About Appraiser Independence May 24, 2018
The chair and co-chair of NAR’s Real Property Valuation Committee made a few remarks on video about NAR’s appraiser independence policy last week during the 2018 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings in Washington. What sparked the remarks was a recent working paper on appraisal quality by two researchers with the Federal Housing Finance Agency. In the paper, […] […]
Robert Freedman

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