Written by Nathan Thomas on December 15, 2006
Zillow, the online interface that lets homeowners and housing voyeurs estimate the value of real estate from public record data, announced last week it would begin allowing users to post home sale listing information on the site. Read more...
Written by Nathan Thomas on December 7, 2006
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. - Real estate agent Amanda Baggett of northeastern Florida is the winner of the latest high-end luxury car giveaway from a la mode, one of the most mission critical and influential companies in the real estate technology industry, the company announced today. Read more...
Written by Nathan Thomas on November 10, 2006
Appraisers are sounding the alarm over the practice of concessions and other, increasingly more creative, incentives that artificially inflate home sale prices. Read more...
Written by Nathan Thomas on November 10, 2006
An interesting discussion took place on the Yahoo!-based WinTOTAL User Group recently on the issue of requiring payment before report delivery. Read more...
Written by Nathan Thomas on November 10, 2006
Recently valuation data company FNC, Inc. posted an article by its chief legal counsel arguing that appraisals are not copyrightable. The U.S. Copyright Office and appraisers who have won copyright infringement suits are among those likely to disagree. But the interesting part of the article, appearing at this link, was this: Read more...
Written by Nathan Thomas on November 9, 2006
New Feature Lets Small- to-Medium-Size Brokers Quickly and Effectively Route and Manage Leads; Official Debut Set for Annual NAR Conference and Expo This Month Read more...
Written by Nathan Thomas on October 23, 2006
Custom integrations now possible without expensive negotiation or development costs as part of company's new Vendor Integration Platform Read more...
Written by Nathan Thomas on October 17, 2006
Forty-seven percent of appraisers believe the level of federal regulation of their profession is just right, according to the results of a survey commissioned by the National Association of REALTORS® Marketing Research Department and released recently. Splitting the difference almost evenly, 27 percent said there is too little federal regulation of appraisers and 25 percent said there is too much. Read more...
Written by Nathan Thomas on October 17, 2006
Effective October 1, 2006, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Appraiser Roster exam has been streamlined and the examination fee eliminated, The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced September 27. Read more...
Written by Nathan Thomas on September 28, 2006
The National Association of REALTORS® reported that the median home price nationwide was down 1.7 percent in August from August 2005, the first year over year price drop since a 0.1 percent decline in 1995 and the second steepest since NAR began tracking the figure. Read more...