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There’s little doubt that the economy has improved. Unemployment is down, and confidence is up, at least in general. But it can be tough to determine the extent of the perceived recovery. Depending on which news outlet you choose, reports can be wildly disparate, if not overtly contradictory. CNN recently…

At a bipartisan conference on housing, NAR President Steve Brown made a case for relaxing certain FHA policies that he says have impeded homeownership opportunities for many first-time buyers and others with less robust credit histories.   “Homeownership is not a Republican or Democratic talking point, it’s an aspiration that…

Phantom MLS websites like Zillow, Trulia and Realtor.com are starting to feel the sting of rejection from real MLS organizations in the Nashville and Pittsburgh metro areas. In Nashville, the MLS has decided to limit the amount of detail available to aggregators like Zillow. The idea is to give brokers…

Review sites have gained in popularity dramatically over the past several years. Sites like Yelp! and Angie’s List allow customers to track ratings of every imaginable kind of business, from diners and bars to plumbers and car dealerships. Depending on the particular platform, viewers can search various business based on…