Back in 2012, Virginia received about $66 million from the National Mortgage Settlement — the money paid by mortgage lenders for falsifying records, forging signatures, and otherwise ignoring the law so they could foreclose more quickly. Now … [Read more...]

Every homeowner (we hope!) knows about the mortgage interest deduction, but there are other tax breaks for owning a home. Can you deduct discount points? Local property taxes? Home-office additions? You might want to check out this post from Dan … [Read more...]

The first photos from our Get Active legislative conference are available for your perusal, download, sharing, and printing. These are from Realtor Day on the Hill; other event photos’ll be coming soon. Check ‘em out on our SmugMug site: … [Read more...]

I love “Pieces of Home.” If for no other reason, it’s such a popular publication we always see our Web stats shoot up when it’s available. It’s popular because it’s so darned good — it’s not just a … [Read more...]

What’s the future of Fannie and Freddie? No one knows. The consensus seems to be that it should have a much smaller role in the secondary mortgage market, and possibly re-privatized. But the specifics… well, that’s anyone’s … [Read more...]