If consumers search your name on Google, chances are they’ll find information that paints a picture of you—your capabilities, your work ethic, your professionalism. Will you like the picture they find?

You already know that steering is wrong because discrimination is wrong. What you may not realize is steering also tears down communities and their schools. Practitioners owe the community a better way to sell its homes.

It's high time we told buyers (and sellers, for that matter) the truth about whether a home is a good investment. Owning a home isn't the same kind of investment as stocks or bonds. Here are five reasons why you get more for your money with a house than the stock market.

Many buyers continue to bench themselves, waiting for rates and housing prices to dip lower. With all the housing market hubbub in the papers and on TV, they might be struggling to sort out the facts.What can you do to turn them back onto housing?

Interested in taking your real estate career down a new path? You might want to check out real estate management. Not only is there a large pool of potential clients who own — or are looking to own — an investment or rental property, but there are many job openings as aging property managers retire, he says.

Despite rising energy prices and smaller households, homes keep getting bigger, according to government data. However, a look at other data suggests that a reversal may present itself in the very near future.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what are you saying about your seller's home? Here's how to make sure your photos don't end up in an online hall of shame.

Valuation discrepancies tend to occur on homes that were originally appraised using a computerized method known as AVM, or automated valuation model. While a quick way to satisfy a lender's requirement that a home's purchase price meets the appraisal price, AVMs have a long way to go to meet the more exacting standards of the walk-through inspection.

There may be an advertising medium that you’re overlooking — TV. You may think that this platform is out of your financial reach, but there are a number of new ways to be seen and heard on television for a reasonable price.

While there is no denying that location is the holy grail of real estate, water is the lifeblood, especially in residential properties. In rural areas the water often comes from private wells, and the quality of that groundwater is directly related to the quality of family life, and even property values.

While economists appear to have breathed a sigh of relief at the Federal Reserve's possible pause in raising short term interest rates, inflation could reignite with an uptick in jobs. But don’t panic — a strong job market is a good thing for housing.

Where and when a family moves depends largely on their age and the developmental stage of their children. An exciting city location is great during some phases of life, but the peaceful suburbs beckon at other times.