The Washington Post’s real estate section recently ran an article for consumers, “Get ready for the start of real estate season.” Essentially, it offers some suggestions for preparing your home to be sold. There’s nothing … [Read more...]

U.S homeownership policy only encourages a nation of borrowers, and that’s a bad thing. So argues Mark A. Calabria, writing for the ultra-conservative Cato Institute, in a piece called “The Long Run Decline in Actual … [Read more...]

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...]