A new report from CoreLogic claims that under the new Qualified Mortgage rules, half of the loans made in 2010 wouldn’t qualify. But CoreLogic neglects to mention a very, very important piece of information, and that has led to a bit of … [Read more...]

The Wall Street Journal is quoting a Redfin report: Homes listed on Fridays, it says, “sold for 99.1% of the seller’s original asking price, the highest percentage of any day of the week.” Homes listed on Fridays also spent the least … [Read more...]

VAR offers its sincere congratulations to Phyllis Shrader-Robinson of Haymarket, who was installed as the 2013 Region 1 vice president of the Women’s Council of Realtors — an area comprised of Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and … [Read more...]

Congrats and thank you to our (long!) list of 2012 local association RPAC award winners. We recognized them in VAR style at the Get Active legislative conference, but for those of you who didn’t make it, here’s the list of who … [Read more...]

The Washington, D.C., area was once again named the #1 area for traffic in the country — that’s #1 worst area, according to the Texas Transportation Institute’s 2012 Urban Mobility Report. How does it slow thee? Let us count the … [Read more...]

The REALTOR® Code of Ethics Turns 100 [excerpted from REALTOR® magazine's Centennial Ethics article] The year 2013 marks the centennial of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice of the National Association of REALTORS®. The first Code was … [Read more...]