In the beginning, there was The Clapper. Way back then, phones still had cords connected to landlines. (Note to Gen Y readers: Old-time phones didn’t ever go in your pocket and were frequently shared by the whole home. Hilarious, right?) ...

While there are hundreds, if not thousands, of new apps and Web tools, the question is which ones are really useful to you and your real estate business? How many apps do you have on your smartphone? More importantly, how ...

A group of younger agents will help Warren Buffett’s new real estate franchise brand, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, buck the aging agent trend and connect with the perspective of a younger generation. The Irvine, Calif.-based franchisor has selected 10 agents, all ...

U.S. foreclosure filings plummeted 37 percent in November from a year ago and 15 percent from October, according to the latest report from foreclosure data aggregator RealtyTrac. The 113,454 properties that were served with a default notice, scheduled for auction or ...

A few weeks ago, I took my daughter to a sneak preview of Disney’s new animated feature film, “Frozen.” Over the last 12 months, she and I have discussed in excruciating detail the alternating merits of Ariel, Rapunzel, Merida and ...

At the beginning of this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a long-awaited “qualified mortgage” rule that required lenders in the broad single-family mortgage market to ensure borrowers had the ability to repay their loans. Today, the U.S. Department ...

Multistate real estate showing appointment service eShowings Inc. has shut down, just days after the incarceration of its founder and former CEO, Charles Smith. The move leaves an estimated 14,000 clients in the lurch and the firm’s 85 or so ...

Floored aims to transform the way agents communicate space to prospective buyers by replacing static images and constrictive videos with interactive 3-D experiences much like those offered in video games. Using a special scanner and proprietary software, Floored renders photographs and 3-D measurements ...

Like real estate agents in the Lone Star State, to get an architecture license or to renew an old one in Texas each applicant starting in 2014 will be required to submit a “complete and legible set of fingerprints” that will be ...

HomeAway Inc., operator of the popular vacation rental portal, is a ripe target for acquisition by potential buyers including Priceline.com, Expedia, TripAdvisor or Google Inc., Bloomberg reports, citing an analysis by Cowen Group Inc.  Source: bloomberg.com ...