The 2009 Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP) was expanded to provide assistance to wounded service-members or Department Of Defense (DOD) civilians reassigned due to medical or rehabilitation purposes or retirement due to their disability, surviving spouses of the fallen, BRAC 2005 impacted homeowners, and service-members undergoing a permanent change of station during the mortgage crisis situations. […]

Existing-home sales fell in January but are above year-ago levels, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
Existing-home sales - including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops - dropped 7.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate1 of 5.05 million units in January from a revised 5.44 million in December, but remain 11.5 percent above the 4.53 […]

In preparing an offer to purchase a house, you should already know the seller’s asking price. But deciding on what price to offer and how to come up with a fair offer is next?
Deciding on an offering price:
Find recent sales of similar properties to come up with an offering price range. Then analyze additional information […]

Although the economy has been growing lately, fallout from the recent recession continued to negatively impact commercial real estate sectors in the fourth quarter, but there is hope for some improvement next year, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said commercial real estate almost always lags the economy. “Because of […]

According to the most recent Realtors® Confidence Index, buyers continue to be discouraged with the extended short sale process, resulting in foreclosures that could have been prevented. New resources from the National Association of Realtors® aim to help Realtors® and consumers successfully navigate the short sale process to help more homeowners avoid foreclosure.
“Our members report […]