Congress needs to strengthen and reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for the long term to prevent undermining the fragile real estate market recovery, the National Association of Realtors said in testimony today before the House Financial Services Subcommittee

Real estate developer, entrepreneur, and all-around tough guy Donald Trump was recently ‘roasted’ on Comedy Central; the event is set to air tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 15 at 10:30 p.m.

Two quarterly indices produced by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) indicate a return to healthy market conditions for both new and existing apartment and condominium

Mortgage applications increased 15.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 4,

As the House of Representatives seeks to end the Obama Administration’s housing aid programs, one source in the Senate tells HousingWire.com the termination bills are “dead on

Zillow yesterday launched “Rent Zestimates,” a one-of-a-kind tool that can be used as a starting point for determining a home or apartment’s estimated monthly rent price. The launch expands on Zillow’s popular Zestimate home valuations and empowers renters and

The number of foreclosure notices nationally has dropped significantly dropped — 27 percent — for the month of February compared to this time last year. Does this mean that we are nearing an end to the foreclosure crisis or

Testifying before a Senate panel yesterday, National Association of Realtors President Ron Phipps told members of Congress that sustainable homeownership must be the goal when considering future federal housing

By Tom Butala The Obama Administration has threatened to veto two housing-related bills if passed by Congress, according to

Move, Inc. announced yesterday it will expand the reach of agents and brokers across the Web down to neighborhood levels through an exclusive agreement with BlockShopper.com, a hyper-local online real estate news and data

A recent study by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) shows that while consumer hesitation on home buying is waning, the recent housing downturn has changed what Americans are looking for in their next

CoreLogic released yesterday negative equity data showing that 11.1 million, or 23.1 percent, of all residential properties with a mortgage were in negative equity at the end of the fourth quarter of 2010, up from 10.8 million, or 22.5

Keller Williams Realty Inc., announced yesterday that it is now the second-largest real estate franchise in the United States based on the total number of sales professionals, surpassing Century 21, according to research conducted by REAL Trends. The company

According to The Miami Herald, a number of Florida housing bills are up for modification in this year’s legislative

Home sales are beginning to rise following one of the worst years the real estate market has seen in a long time. However, the rise in sales cannot be attributed to new or first-time homebuyers; instead, investors are responsible

Patricia Fitzgerald, manager/broker-associate with Illustrated Properties in Hobe Sound and Mariner Sands Country Club in Stuart, has been installed as 2011 president of Florida