While there’s no right or wrong time to look after your money, it’s especially important now as the slowing housing market, rising unemployment and soaring food and gas prices threaten to further deplete consumer’s budgets.
Fortunately, there are some preventative measures you can make to protect your finances. Here are four money moves that will help […]

1. Paint
Cost: $60 for two gallons of Benjamin Moore interior paint — enough to paint the walls and ceiling of a 12-by-15 room.
A little paint or varnish can go a long way toward improving your home’s value. One fresh coat (along with a little sanding and caulking) wipes out the scuffs, chips, cracks […]

Web brokerages win full access “” but not in Canada you say.
Online real estate brokers will be guaranteed full access to listings of homes for sale under an agreement announced by American federal officials Tuesday. Under the proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve a 2005 antitrust lawsuit, the National Association of […]

Most potential home buyers want to purchase the home of their dreams while paying the lowest possible price. These people follow certain steps to educate and prepare themselves for what will probably be the biggest financial decision in their lives.
There are other people who take a fast-food approach to buying a home, taking the first […]

From the Associated Press:
“The Justice Department gave a boost Tuesday to online real estate brokers “” and potentially their clients “” by forcing new industry policies that give Internet-based agents access to home listings they were previously denied.”
Supposedly, this was done to make the playing field level for smaller and/or online real estate brokerages. […]

New home sales rose for the first time in sixth months but the sales gain was merely a rebound from the 11% loss reported in March - the lowest level in sales in nearly 20 years. Last month’s sales numbers were off 42% from the same time period in 2007 the biggest drop since 1981.
From […]

In September 2005, just as Redfin was raising its first round of funding, the Department of Justice sued the National Association of Realtors for developing a policy that allowed its members to share listing information with some brokers but not others.
The policy was suspended while the lawsuit lumbered through federal court. And in the interim, […]

In September 2005, just as Redfin was raising its first round of funding, the Department of Justice sued the National Association of Realtors for developing a policy that allowed its members to share listing information with some brokers but not others.
The policy was suspended while the lawsuit lumbered through federal court. And in the interim, […]

The Settlement Will Result in More Choices, Better Services and Lower Commission Rates For Consumers
WASHINGTON “” The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a proposed settlement with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) that requires NAR to allow Internet-based residential real estate brokers to compete with traditional brokers. The Department said the […]

Hello to all the loyal readers! And to those of you that are just stopping by, a hearty hello to you as well!
I just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know that postings this week will be light. In addition to prepping a few really cool listings for the market, and […]