A new tech company is looking to apply the benefits of “Big Data” to property tax appeals. From the mortgage process, to the MLS apparatus, to the growing prominence of syndication sites and private research firms, “big data” has

A new study from Logwood University attempts to explain the relationship between an agent’s effort and the property’s location. A new study from Logwood University in Farmville, Va. is emphasizing the importance location plays in the home selling process, but

What are the characteristics that define home sellers in 2015? The last couple weeks, we’ve been analyzing quite a few findings about homebuyers in NAR’s newest Generational Trends report, but what of home sellers? What makes them tick? Here

Could sky-high rents be the final push Millennials need to buy a house? Record-low home prices and historically low mortgage rates have not been enough to entice Millennials to buy homes, but now analysts have struck on another economic

Today’s home financing landscape, thanks to the economic downturn and other factors, is hardly straightforward. Of all the area’s of the homebuying process, the financing stage could very well be the most complicated. After all, it’s one thing to

A new survey from Redfin shows a shift in how consumers are approaching the agent selection process. It’s a new world in the wake of the financial crisis, a new survey from Redfin shows, one where tethers to quality have

Why Copyrights and Licensing Matter in the Shifting Online Landscape If you’re in the brokerage business, you understand real estate law and property rights. Now, with more and more business moving online and everyone wanting access to your listings,

We all know the Internet is prominent, but there are interesting details to how homebuyers search for homes nowadays. It’s no mystery that the Internet is the defining conduit for real estate today, but NAR’s Home Buyer and Seller

Just a week after announcing direct-feed arrangements with Realogy, Keller Williams and California Regional MLS (the largest MLS in the country), Zillow Group has stepped its game up further, adding 24 new MLS direct feeds, including the combined Los Angeles/Westside

For four decades, RESPA and TILA have run parallel to each other. On August 1, 2015, they’ll be consolidated, and the changes will be significant. In 1974, in an effort to stop widespread corruption in the housing industry, Congress

It’s the big question on everybody’s mind – is 2015 the year of the Millennial? Are we finally on the cusp of that great moment when young Americans take center stage and lead the housing market out of its

Could the removal of one word mean that mortgage rates are set to increase in 2015? Believe it or not, the future of mortgage rates in the U.S. housing market could hinge on a single word. Back in December,

Single-family detached? Senior-related housing? New? Old? What homes do consumers want today? In the grand world of American housing, what properties are holding the most sway with homebuyers nowadays? And how do those preferences shift across generational lines? In our

Zillow Group just enhanced its quality of listings by a dramatic degree. Zillow Group has announced direct-feed agreements with California Regional MLS (the largest MLS in the country) and 17 additional MLS partners, in addition to direct feeds with two of the largest

Ninety-two million Millennials represent the largest living generation and the future of homebuying. Millennials, while not the most active buyers and sellers, are real estate’s most important demographic, and for one reason in particular: there are so many of them.