Former realtor.com president Errol Samuelson’s departure came as a complete surprise to Move Inc. CEO Steve Berkowitz and others at the company, many of whom “found out about his resignation in exactly the same way that everyone else in real .....Read More
Authorities in Oakland County, Mich., think that a woman who was found dead in the back seat of her car in the garage of a home where she lived alone had been there at least five years, and that her .....Read More
NeighborhoodScout has dialed up the resolution of its geographic snapshots by adding more granular demographic and housing data to its neighborhood-information pages, marking the latest effort from a data company to shine more light on the contours of communities. The .....Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Trulia would like to flip the script on the narrative that Zillow is the clear leader in the online real estate space. Zillow shares trade at a price that gives the company a market cap of $3.3 .....Read More
The first week of each month brings a blizzard of fresh data from the month immediately prior, and an even more blinding wave of contradictory analysis. Except when the data reveal a big change in trend, the best way to .....Read More
I have to admit that I find writing and reading market reports less stimulating and fun than any other type of posts. But I also consider it a necessary part of my blogging and marketing focus; therefore, I make myself do it every week. Changing it up a little helps keep me interested while still giving the public the information they are needing. ...Read More
At least two of five defendants convicted of participating in what prosecutors characterized as a “massive mortgage fraud scheme” targeting distressed homeowners are prison-bound. The scam involved lawyers and mortgage brokers who used straw buyers to obtain at least 35 .....Read More
Zillow lured former realtor.com executive Errol Samuelson away from Move Inc. to do pretty much the same thing it had hired former Arizona Regional MLS CEO Bob Bemis to do: improve industry relations and beef up the quality of listings .....Read More
Back in 2010, Brent Bruns II bought a historic St. Petersburg, Fla., home with two small cottages on the grounds for $265,000. He dreamed of turning the nine-bedroom complex into a “Rock ‘n’ Roll Bed and Breakfast.” But last year .....Read More
As professionals and their families ditch “the stratospheric prices and stuffy attitudes” of Manhattan and Brooklyn for Jersey City, developers “are getting hip to the need for cutting-edge buildings to suit newcomers’ demanding tastes,” the New York Daily News’ Matt .....Read More