Fixed Mortgage Rates Hit Record Lows Again In Freddie Mac's results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey®, average fixed mortgage rates again reached new record lows. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at 3.79 percent continues to remain well below 4 percent and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages are also slightly down at 3.04 percent. FULL STORY->

Why Host an Open House? Open houses are not the best vehicles for selling homes. So why do Real Estate Agents bother with them? For the following reason: Open houses are a great means for prospecting. FULL STORY->

Housing Market Bottoming Out? Renting Market Accelerating Are we really poised for a recovery in the housing market? The latest encouraging words from the U.S. Conference Board's Demand Institute Division are that we are heading for a rapidly accelerating rental market which will lead to a housing recovery. FULL STORY->

HARP 2.0 Out of Tune Only one in three risk-averse lenders are participating in the HARP program to help homeowners refinance with today's low rates. The voluntary program may be due for another upgrade. FULL STORY->

A Buyer's Wish List It's always good to have a map when you're traveling unfamiliar roads. It's easy to get lost or to make a wrong turn. Having a good map is doubly important when you are traversing the roads of real estate. FULL STORY->

There's NEVER Been a Better Time to Recruit Today's market has given us an opportunity that we have not seen in a long, long time, and many brokers are missing it! The current market has agents across the country contemplating staying in the business, changing offices or moving on. FULL STORY->