REALTORS® Property Resource (RPR) is expected to be a tremendous time- and cost-saving benefit for members, according to Jeff Young, RPR’s senior vice-president of operations. »

PAR will use the grant money to interview a random sample of individuals who have recently experienced a foreclosure, as well as those still living in hard-hit neighborhoods, according to Jennifer Shockley, assistant director, PAR Government Affairs. »

Minority homeowners have been hardest hit in the housing crisis, FHA official David H. Stevens told those gathered March 4 at the Multicultural Real Estate and Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. »

Marketing never stops, according to Tom Ferry, founder and CEO of TomFerry-your coach. »

Informed consumers are the greatest challenge facing REALTORS®, according to Jim Sherry, a real estate management and IT consultant based in St. Augustine, FL. »

How do you defriend someone on Facebook without causing bad feelings? Is there a way you can do it without them knowing? »

A virtual phone service allows the user to have one phone number for all phones and phone calls are all funneled through this one number. »

With recent changes in the real estate market, you too may be feeling a bit like Dorothy and Toto in the Land of Oz. PAR's Consulting Economist Dr. Austin Jaffe put together a list of just how much the landscape has changed in the last few years. Follow the yellow brick road. »

More consumers are looking for homes that are energy-efficient and more ‘green,’ said REALTOR® Steve Matthews of Prudential New Jersey Properties, Montclair, NJ, who’s seeing an increase in consumer demand as his region is limited in new construction. »

REALTORS® can get assistance from EasyStreet Insurance Services, a licensed insurance agency that was created especially for professionals who work in the real estate industry. »