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How to really get out of foreclosure mess

By Lou Barnes, Friday, December 7, 2007.

Long-term mortgage rates are back above 6 percent this morning (despite Freddie Mac's "Fell Below 6 Percent" headline in today's papers, the result of an early-week survey), and the definitive 10-year T-note is now 4.12 percent, a long way from the 3.85 percent bottom in the last two weeks.

A 94,000-jobs gain in November payrolls reported this morning didn't help -- the bond market was hoping ghoulishly for an off-the-table figure -- but the real damage was done yesterday by the subprime workout plan.  more...

Thanks for the referral

By Alison Rogers, Friday, December 7, 2007.

When I started selling in Manhattan (which is a year and a half ago now, but trust me, I'm still a rookie) I had no idea where customers came from.

The nice thing about being part of the Inman family is that it gave me the ability to quiz senior agents from different parts of the country, and they all said pretty much the same thing: It's hard to start, and then you get referrals.

Well, I had pretty much no idea what they were talking about because, since real estate was a second career for me, my good friends were demographically ill-suited to be clients.  more...

What's working in today's market? Premium Content

By Bernice Ross, Friday, December 7, 2007.

(This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Read Part 2, "How to thrive in 2008.")

Could a group of real estate agents write and publish a real estate book in just a week? The answer is "Absolutely!"

The Saturday before the National Association of Realtors convention last month, Frances Flynn Thorsen, Steve Kantor and I spoke on a panel for a coaching event hosted by Patti Kouri.  more...

Small improvements make most of utility room

By Paul Bianchina, Friday, December 7, 2007.

Call it what you will -- utility room, laundry room, mud room -- the names say it all. It's a place for the washer and dryer to live, a place for wet and dirty clothes to hang out, a landing point for muddy boots and chore jackets, you name it.  more...

Windows, roofs are no place to skimp on quality

By Arrol Gellner, Friday, December 7, 2007.

(This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Read Part 2, "Buying cheaper fridge, floors makes financial sense.")

As anyone who's remodeled will know, there's practically no limit to how much you can spend on a building project. Now, for people with money to burn -- and judging by the traffic in high-end design showrooms, there are plenty of them -- it may seem perfectly reasonable to blow a few thousand dollars on a Scandinavian dishwasher or a hand-painted Majolica toilet with gold hardware.  more...