It seems these days that some Realtors are their own worst enemies, calling buyers bottom feeders or lowballers when they present low offers and sellers with over-priced homes as greedy and unrealistic, it does not set a good stage for proper negotiations. There is often a lot of ego involved in a home sale, when someone makes a low offer, [...]

There was a good Wall Street Journal opinion article titled "The Housing Crisis Is Over"which makes some interesting conclusions based on historical and current market data that April 2008 marked the bottom of the U.S. housing market. And at a Legislative Meeting last Thursday, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun announced home sales should [...]

A new ageny law goes into affect today in Rhode Island. The old agency law was confusing for many real estate licensees and consumers and was not consistent with changing market conditions and business practices. Rhode Island was the only state with a law that presumed that all real estate licensees represent the seller unless there was an [...]