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Ike Obasi Wants to Sell You a House · Comment

Businessweek: But like many other Realtors the Nigerian immigrant is now supplementing his income in other ways.



Realtor Boom Ended With The Bust · Comment

Herald Tribune: “Many of the people who entered during the boom years felt like this was an easy business and an easy way to make money, and it’s not,”



The Internet Is A Realtor's Friend · Comment

St Petersburg Times:  Why wouldn’t real estate agents want their prospective clients and customers to turn to the Internet for information about houses?



Realtors Agree to Open Listings To Online Discounters · Comment

Wall Street Journal: The Justice Department said it reached a settlement with the National Association of Realtors in an antitrust case over the trade group’s effort to control how home listings are displayed on the Internet.

Marketwatch: Justice Dept., realtors settle over online listings.



Realtor Works Hard To Survive Tough Times · Comment

In Business Las Vegas: The real estate market was hurting her income as a Realtor. Her once six-figure income fell to nothing because of no commissions in 2007.

Gold said she worries about prospect of foreclosure, but has no plans to file for bankruptcy. She remains adamant that she will survive these tough times.



Black Women Brokering Their Way In Real Estate · Comment

Chicago Defender:  Black women are carving a leadership niche in the real estate industry, going a step further than being agents who show listings to brokers who own them. “Owning your own [real estate] brokerage firm is no small task. It’s a very big deal when you are a broker,” said Sherell C. Slaise, 31, coowner of The Carter Ware Group Inc., a brokerage firm in Chicago.



Bypass Real Estate Agents and Save? · Comment

The Motley Fool:  After soaring for years, home prices have fallen sharply, and sellers want to get as much as they can for their homes. Sometimes, they mull over the idea of going it alone. After all, you can go to any open houses on your own, and you can make an offer on any home on your own. Likewise, you can put out signs and sell your home on your own, too.



Is the time right for first-time homebuyers? · Comment

During the run-up in real es- tate prices over the last decade, many millennials were either in college or in entry-level jobs, watching helplessly as they were priced out of the market while aging boomers gleefully cashed in their newfound equity and used excess money for real estate speculation, driving prices even higher. But now, as the real estate bubble deflates, is this a good time for frustrated millennials to finally buy a home? The answer, unfortunately, may be no…



Real Estate's Hot Specialists · Comment

As the housing slump drags on, sales are so slow that many real-estate agents are giving up or barely scraping by. But one group of brokers is thriving: those who specialize in selling bank-owned properties…



‘Talking House’ Among New Tactics Enlisted To Help Real Estate Sales And Searches · Comment

House hunters who pull up to a home with a Talking House sign can tune their radio to a designated AM frequency to hear a detailed report about the house…




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