Posts Tagged ‘property’

The Justice Department and the National Association of Realtors reached a tentative settlement in an antitrust lawsuit. The NAR was seriously hampering the ability of newer, lower-cost realtors to list properties for sale online. As anyone who has recently gone house-shopping knows, you have to go to a traditional broker if you want to see [...]

When we talk about the foreclosure problem, we usually focus on the effect on the borrower-owner who had a a loan they could not afford. But where the borrower was a landlord, foreclosure causes a raft of problems for tenants, as well.
A Star Tribune story on a mass eviction in North Minneapolis illustrates this well.

It is a good idea to check your property for liens every once in a while, which any title company should be able to do. Otherwise, it may be too late when you finally find out that some unscrupulous debt collector placed a lien on your property for an unsecured credit card debt. If you [...]

Link to post.Real estate listing services will, from now on, be required to treat listings from discount brokers the same as those from traditional (read: high-priced) agents. This is good news for consumers on both sides. Sellers using discount agents will get equal booking, and buyers will have an easier time finding homes where the [...]