On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 2446, The RESPA Home Warranty Clarification Act, which would officially remove home warranties from the settlement services...
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More Home Owners Take on House Projects Themselves
A new survey shows that the tighter economy has prompted more home owners to tackle do-it-yourself house projects — everything from “plumbing, painting, and home cleaning,”...
Agent Injured When Indiana Home Explodes
A real estate agent was preparing to show a vacant home to a family in Gary, Ind., when the home exploded, seriously injuring the agent. ...
More Adults Move in With Relatives
Nearly 1 in 3 adults — or 30 percent — live with their relatives, according to a new study. ...
Come to an Open House, Win a Botox Injection?
A real estate agent hopes his outside-of-the-box marketing approach generates more traffic to his open house later this month. ...
Win a Dream Home? House Raffles Catch On
More raffles offering up “dream homes” are popping up, whether from nonprofit groups using it as a fund-raiser or a desperate home owner trying out a creative way to give away a...
Scam Dupes Home Owners into False Loan Audits
More home owners are being tricked into a forensic loan audit, a new scam that targets struggling home owners looking for a loan modification to save their home from foreclosure. ...
Foreclosure Lawsuits Skyrocket
An uptick in court cases challenging the foreclosure process sent the Mortgage Litigation Index in the second quarter to its highest level on record, dating to 2007. ...
Coldwell Banker
- Gold Medal Doesn’t Guarantee Win in Real Estate
- Low Mortgage Rates Spark Serial Refinancing
- Actor Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud
- Top Real Estate Execs Weigh in on Housing Recovery
- Why Are Mortgage Applications Falling?
- Don’t Get Caught Flat-Footed on MID, REALTORS® Warned
- Mortgage Applications Fall 7.3%
- Big-Ticket Homes in Higher Demand
- Inventories, Asking Prices Get a Boost
- REALTORS®: On the Right Path, Ready for Action
