More than two-thirds of prospective buyers who use a mobile device in their home search reported contacting a real estate professional for a showing as a result of their mobile search, according to a survey from property search site The Real Estate Book. The site conducted the survey between Jan. 26, 2012 and Feb. 3, 2012. Consumers who had shopped for either a home or an apartment in the last 90 days on any of more than 55 real...

By Heather Elias Open houses don’t work. I’ve heard agents say this more times than I can count. Yes, there are certain parts of the country that don’t hold open houses. But, for the rest of us, do you know what it means to hold a successful open house? Buyers are looking for them and stopping by. How do you make sure they come to see yours? 1) Market your open house for two weeks Preparing for a successful open house starts well...

  Are You Considering Protesting Your Residential Santa Fe County Property Taxes? If you think the assessed value of your property may be higher than fair market value, we can provide you with sold data of properties that you may use in your protest. Our campagin will run from Monday, March 26th through Friday, April 6th.(Your deadline to protest is April 12th)To begin the process, go to www.BarkerTaxProtest.comand...

(ALBUQUERQUE)—Attorney General Gary King is helping to present a free event for NM homeowners concerned about losing their homes to foreclosure at the UNM School of Law, 1117 Stanford NE in Albuquerque. The event is called Helping New Mexico Homeowners Weekend, designed to give homeowners the tools to manage their mortgage debt. Beginning Thursday, March 15, a full day of foreclosure classes is scheduled for attorneys, housing...

Chris Nichols is a branch broker for Prudential Utah Elite Real Estate. He was 2011 Realtor of the Year for the Utah County Association of Realtors, where he is also a past president. Chris is a graduate of the National Association of Realtors Leadership Academy. He uses an iPad, a Macbook Pro and a Samsung Galaxy S Android phone in his business. Chris sat down with Inman News and gave a list of his favorite apps for Real Estate.  See...

Straight from the Inman News, here are five things homebuyers hate: Images that lie: Stretching photos to make rooms appear much larger than they actually are would be banned by listing services, if buyers had anything to do with it. Listings with no useful images at all: Listing photos of the piano or a piece of beautiful furniture that is not included in the sale is irritating to online house hunters, who might assume that the house...