Some real estate pros take aim at anti-piracy legislation

Some real estate practitioners and technologists have taken a stance against federal anti-piracy legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives (SOPA) and the Senate (PIPA), worried that it could restrict the legitimate sharing of real estate information online. Online user-generated encyclopedia site Wikipedia blacked out its site recently to protest the anti-piracy legislation that critics …

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Try a new real estate price-cut strategy

During the bubble housing market, a price reduction was considered a stigma. This was a time when most listings sold reasonably quickly. A price reduction meant there was probably something wrong with the property. That’s not the case today. Price reductions are common. Often a search of the multiple listing service (MLS) will reveal more …

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Distressed Dispositions Outpace New Delinquencies as Shadows Shrink

The industry’s shadows are shrinking, according to CoreLogic. The residential shadow inventory of unlisted REOs and soon-to-be REOs stood at 1.6 million units as of July 2011, based on the analytics firm’s calculations. CoreLogic says that tally represents a supply of five months and is down from 1.7 million units in April and 1.9 million …

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