The British company that makes d-Con mouse and rat poisons has refused to make its product safe to be used around children, so the EPA has banned them. That means if you use any d-Con products in a listing that you think might have a mouse problem … [Read more...]

According to a RealtyTrac report, Washington, D.C., is the 22nd worst place to buy a foreclosure — that’s 22 out of hundreds of areas, so it’s a pretty solid ranking. What does that mean, “worst place to buy a … [Read more...]

Analysts at Capital Economics have reached a startling conclusion. A bit more than a month ago, they predicted that home prices would increase by about five percent in the U.S. as a whole in 2013. Today comes the news that, while they still hold to … [Read more...]

…but sometimes that land is a little farther away. These buildings in China were swallowed by a (one assumes) unexpected sinkhole: Here’s the video: … [Read more...]

The U.S. Green Building Council ranked Virginia as tops in the nation in the number of green (i.e., LEED-certified) buildings certified in 2012. Under LEED (which is probably the largest environmental certification program in the world), structures … [Read more...]

As we told you not too long ago, anyone looking to get a real estate license (or make changes to existing information on file with the Real Estate Board) needs to be using the new forms DPOR has released. (They’re at … [Read more...]