Background. People with an “institutional memory” of the real estate brokerage business over the past 30-40 years will say that pocket listings have always been
OK, the numbers are in for calendar year 2013. In 3Q 2012, for the first time in five years, housing prices actually began to improve,
For those folks experiencing, or about to experience, a “1099 event” resulting from a short sale, deed-in-lieu-of-foreclosure or foreclosure in 2014, these are harrowing times.
As the name implies, a “jumbo” loan is big one; it exceeds $417,000 in most parts of the country except Alaska and Hawaii. In Alaska
Ever wonder when the foreclosure crisis would wind down? That is an important issue, since “shadow inventory,” i.e. distressed homes not yet in the marketplace,
It’s a New Year! Time to look back from whence we came, and look forward to 2014. ~PCQ From Infant to Toddler. The Q-Law website site
A recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal (Andrew Haldane: The Banker Who Cried ‘Simplicity’) bears reading – and re-reading, and re-reading. It goes directly
The RMLS™ Market Action Report was just released for the month of November, 2013. In almost every metric, the trend lines look good. However, Inventory
These FAQs were previously located on the FAQ Section of the Q-Law homepage. They have been replaced by another set of frequently asked questions on
Today we are seeing more seller carry-back real estate transactions. These are the transactions in which, for various reasons [usually having to do with the
