The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE) announced yesterday the appointment of veteran real estate executive Park Brady, as its chief operating officer, effective March 21, 2011. Mr. Brady will report to the executive committee of the board of directors,

As recent proposals call for homeowners to make ten-to-20 percent down payments on their purchases, the Center for Responsible Lending says this will actually hurt the

As the Obama administration acts to wind down the role of mortgage behemoths Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the loss of the mortgage interest deduction may come as

With the housing production credit crisis taking a severe toll on the nation’s small home building firms and threatening future job growth and the fragile economic recovery, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has called on Congress to

Total cumulative pending home sales – including single-family homes and condominiums – in Broward County increased 7.7 percent in February compared to a year earlier, from 7,791 to 8,391, and 2.6 percent, and 8 percent month-over-month according to the

As reported by Henry Savage in The Washington Times, the tightening of mortgage qualification guidelines has resulted in a downturn of first-time

Total cumulative pending home sales in Miami-Dade County increased 22 percent in February compared to a year earlier, from 9,164 to 11,182, and 4.5 percent, up from 10,698, compared to the previous month according to the MIAMI Association of

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released yesterday the February edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard. The latest housing figures show increased existing home sales as home affordability

As national home prices remain vulnerable, Case-Shiller Index Co-Founder and Yale Economist Robert Shiller speaks on the shaky housing

Keller Williams Realty reported recently at its national convention that it ended 2010 with 79,315 associates, 701 offices, and associate profit share up 7.2 percent, with its agents receiving $34.6 million dollars back. Since the inception of the profit

For Rent Media Solutions, a leading resource for searching apartments nationwide and a division of Dominion Enterprises, has announced that ForRent.com, the company’s anchor web site, has entered into an exclusive partnership with

Mortgage applications decreased 6.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending February 25, 2011. The results do not include an adjustment for the President’s Day

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today released its 2010 list of top 10 states for LEED-certified commercial and institutional green buildings per capita, based on the U.S. 2010 Census

According to the Associated Press, London-based HSBC Holdings is suspending foreclosures in the

Pending home sales eased moderately in January for the second straight month, but remain 20.6 percent above the cyclical low last June, according to the National Association of

Nationwide housing affordability during the fourth quarter of 2010 rose to its highest level in the 20 years since it has been measured, according to National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) data released