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RISMEDIA, July 1, 2009-Some of you may remember a few years back when a Harris Poll survey found that REALTORS(R) were named among the Top 12 Most Trusted Professionals in America. This was several notches below nurses, doctors and pharmacists, but comfortably above attorneys, stockbrokers and sales professionals in a …

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2009-This article is about cultivating your first-time home-buying clientele after they are snuggled in nicely. The average home turnover is about 11 years, with a range of six to 16 years, depending upon your state. You definitely want to build relationships with your younger clients, knowing they …

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2009-The weekly average rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace for 30-year fixed mortgages decreased last week to 5.48%, down from 5.58% the week prior, according to the Zillow Mortgage Rate Monitor, compiled by real estate website Zillow.com®. Meanwhile, rates for 15-year fixed mortgages fell to 4.87% from …

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2009-(MCT)-Q: I heard you talk to a group of homeowners recently and you recommended that people use programmable thermostats to save energy. However, I saw an article a while ago where some researchers said that these products really don’t save money and they don’t think they’re very useful. …

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2009-Data through April 2009, released this week by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show that, although still negative, the annual decline of the 10-City and 20-City Composites improved.

“The pace of decline in residential real estate slowed in …

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2009-(MCT)-Fourth of July entertaining doesn’t have to mean carting out the box of American flag decor and cutesy gadgets with red-white-and-blue everything.

Make your decor go farther by staying away from the flag accessories you can only use once a year. Instead, buy things in solid colors that you …

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2009-While sales figures may not yet reflect it, optimism in the real estate community has definitely increased concerning the housing market, according to a recent survey of member brokerage firms of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®.

Over 63% of brokers indicated that the mood of consumers …

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2009-Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services, Inc., a Prudential Financial, Inc. company, has appointed Kathy Hedley to the position senior vice president of Sales.

Hedley, reporting to Earl Lee, president of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services, oversees the company’s Global Corporate Relocation Sales group. “We are thrilled …

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2009-Cartus Corporation, a provider of global mobility management and workforce development solutions, announced an enhanced version of its Virtual Resource Center (VRC), a website that supports corporations who need to move employees from one city to another-whether in the U.S. or around the world.

First launched in 2007, …