Technology

Aided by rising home sales and prices, the median gross income of a Realtor rose to $43,500 in 2012 from $34,900 in 2011.

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The additional services that North County Property Group is now providing clients include a 10-point property marketing program, REO portfolio services, eviction services, and a referral program for cooperating real estate brokers and agents.

In the post-crisis housing market appraisal reports are becoming as important as credit scores, requiring lenders and servicers to be more inventive with the tools they use to assess real estate value risks.

Industry leaders participated in a roundtable discussing the latest trends in mortgage fraud and what lenders and servicers can do to detect illegal loan applications they receiver from a borrower.

The California Association of Realtors said that in the first quarter only 44% of buyers could buy a median-priced existing single-family home in the state.

A decline in foreclosures is correlating to rising home prices in many counties throughout the country.

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The shortage of homes for sale is one of the main reasons why metropolitan area median home prices continued to rise in the first quarter.

Foreclosure activity in April fell to its lowest level in approximately six years, showing signs that a housing recovery is in full effect.