When the housing market slumps, it’s often best to take your home off the market and wait it out – but not everyone has that luxury. Many people are forced to go through with a sale because of a job transfer or a personal liquidity crisis. But even if you’re selling in a very bad [...]

As “For Sale” signs dot yards throughout Florida, plummeting sales and home prices and soaring foreclosures signal that the housing crisis continues to deepen. When the real estate market is competitive, a home with a pungent odor such as cigarettes can make or break the deal. According to a 2008 Home Features Survey done by [...]

Move over, Henry Paulson. Coldwell Banker Real Estate has announced a “bold initiative to bring home buyers and sellers together and help jump-start the U.S. real estate market.”
According to a news release, Coldwell Banker is launching a national 10-Day Sales Event starting on Friday, although the details (at least to the Scope’s untrained eye) appear [...]

“For sale” signs clutter the streets in London these days, an ever-present reminder of the deteriorating housing market and economy. But homes in the capital remain so expensive that the government’s housing stimulus plan, unveiled Tuesday, falls short, economists and real-estate agents said.
The plan to excuse people from paying a tax on buying residential property [...]

It is advisable that inexperienced homebuyers should look to realtors to help them search for a residential real estate property in Miami. These professionals can also lend you their expertise in the market to process all the necessary requirements that comes with acquisition, ensuring that you get the best property that fits with your requirements.
Realtors [...]

Bay Area home prices plunged to a 53-month low in July as a brisk business in foreclosed properties depressed prices and buoyed sales volume, according to a real estate report released Tuesday.
The median price for both new and resale homes and condos stood at $470,000, down 29.3 percent from a year ago, according to MDA [...]

A house listing used to be an agent’s best friend, but now a qualified buyer is a real gem.
So before one gets away — along with a potential commission — broker Wayne Frankel wants buyer’s agent contracts signed, and he’ll give an agent one point toward a yearly prize for each loyal house hunter.
It’s like [...]

Asante’s homebuyers program refunds up to 66% of the buyer’s agent’s commission empowering buyers to find their home, either online or through open houses. For a $600,000 home, the buyer gets up to $12,000 back upon the close of escrow. Asante’s full-service at a fair price value proposition makes a huge financial difference for home [...]

Today in most markets, home buyers have the upper hand over the sellers. That often means buyers have greater negotiating power when it comes to price or the chance to get out some extra perks from sellers.
With reality programs such as HGTV’s “Sleep On It” and TLC’s “Date My House” show home buyers spending a [...]