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Real Estate Commissions and Compensation: 2011

Online survey explores industry trends, practices read more

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Singer John Mayer Sells Pacific Palisades Home

Singer-songwriter John Mayer has sold his Pacific Palisades, Calif., wonderland for slightly less than $1.3 million. The gated, two-story contemporary has an atrium entry and a great room with a media area

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January 2011’s Top 10 Movers n’ Shakers

When we’re not busy innovating cool products for you, we’re looking at our data for interesting real estate trends. This month, we looked at the 200 most popular cities for real estate searches on Trulia.com in January and compared that list to January 2010.

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Housing Bubbles Are Fairly Rare

“May you live in interesting times.” – Ancient Chinese Curse. The housing bubble and crash has been the story in real estate the past decade

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REALTORS® Praise FHFA for Proposed Rule to Prohibit Private Transfer Fees

RISMEDIA, February 7, 2011—The National Association of REALTORS® applauds the Federal Housing Finance Agency for moving ahead with a proposed rule to restrict government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks from investing… View full post on RISMedia » Real Estate

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Tips to Keep in Mind If You’re Thinking about becoming a Real Estate Investor

RISMEDIA, February 7, 2011—With homeownership dropping and rental vacancy rates rising, it is clear many Americans are looking to make a change to renting instead of owning their home. Currently, homeownership levels are at 66.5%, the lowest they’ve been since… View full post on RISMedia » Real Estate

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Monday Morning Mobile: Coordination and Integration

RISMEDIA, February 7, 2011—When I first graduated college and worked in the financial services industry, one of the best terms I ever heard was “coordination and integration.” We used the term to describe how our financial instruments would work in… View full post on RISMedia » Real Estate

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Survey: One-Stop Shopping Still Going Strong

RISMEDIA, February 7, 2011—The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and Harris Interactive partnered again to conduct a public opinion study of consumer preferences when it comes to real estate services to see if home buyers’ perceptions have changed given the… View full post on RISMedia » Real Estate

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Sotheby’s International Realty Brand Extends Reach in Westchester County, N.Y.

RISMEDIA, February 4, 2011—Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC announced that Richard Albert Realtors in Croton on Hudson, N.Y., and the Chappaqua, N.Y., office of Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty, will now operate as North Country Sotheby’s International Realty.

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Zillow and Yahoo! Real Estate Launch One of the Largest Real Estate Networks on the Web

RISMEDIA, February 4, 2011—Zillow.com and Yahoo! Real Estate launched an exclusive partnership that brings together the two sites and creates one of the largest real estate networks on the Web, according to comScore Media Metrix. Zillow’s sales force now sells… View full post on RISMedia » Real Estate

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