Anderson Properties has merged its operations with Alvin, Texas-based Prudential Reyes-Planka, Realtors, according to BRER Affiliates Inc., the Brookfield Residential Property Services company and that owns the Prudential Real Estate franchise network. As a result of the deal, Anderson Properties,

Lessening underwriting standards are the great white whale in housing’s recovery, and the 2012 Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is making some suggestions that the tide may be turning for home

Robert J. Shiller is more than just a highly-respected professor of economist at Yale – he’s the co-creator of the Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, one of the most influential readings available on the U.S. housing market. Therefore, it makes

Prepping a property for potential buyers is a multi-tiered process, one that involves a number of steps across a number of different mediums. From writing the initial Internet listing to scrubbing the home’s interiors and exteriors for showings, a

Homeownership is often seen as the ultimate realization of the “American Dream.” Though the emotions behind that sentiment are still running strong, a recent report suggests that consumer spending habits may have different priorities, and that other big purchases now take precedent over

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene announced today that Century 21 Outstanding Homes has merged its operations with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene’s West Lake Houston office. The merge corresponds with Gary Greene’s change

In case you’re late to the party, allow us to bring you up to speed – various sources are saying housing is inching towards recovery. Existing-home sales were up 9.6 percent last month and new home sales 19.8 percent. And as

The National Association of Realtors’ Pending Home Sale Index bounced back to positive territory in May, rising 5.9 percent to its highest level in two years. With a reading of 101.1, the index is 13.3 percent higher than a

After considerable anticipation and rumor, Gary Greene, Realtors has announced that it will be leaving Prudential Real Estate Services and re-joining Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate. The firm will now operate as Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary

Home prices in Texas continued their strong 2012 performance in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Index, according to Standard & Poor’s (S&P). Nationally, home prices increased 1.3 percent from March to April, which suggests, after seven long months of price declines, that

Sales of new singe-family homes for the month of May, according to new data from the Census Bureau, rose 19.8 percent year-over-year to a two-year high. The 369,000 seasonally-adjusted annual rate was also 7.6 percent above April’s rate of

A pinball property, or pinball listing, as it’s also called, can be a real estate agent’s best friend – just as long as they’re not the ones listing the property! Pinball listings, as the new term has been coined,

Today, more than ever, sites such as Google and Yahoo! are the true drivers of the Internet, transporting users to web pages based on one thing – the results of their algorithms. It’s imperative that agents learn to harness

The Federal Reserve announced earlier today that it would be extending its Operation Twist program through the end of the year to stimulate financial markets. Though it sounds like it came from the mind of Lewis Carroll, the Twist

Technology is constantly changing the way we interpret real estate, and a couple of new auditory innovations are looking to overhaul our perceptions all over

Existing-home sales in May declined 1.5 percent from April to May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.55 million, but were up 9.6 percent from May 2011, according to the National Association of Realtors. Median existing-home price, though,