Seriously, Under Agreement??
How many listings are you calling on that aren’t available because the agents are NOT…
Highlights and Notes from the August 5, 2014 MAR Government Affairs Meeting
Berkshire County has two members holding seats on the MAR Government Affairs Committee. Mark…
Changes to Hud-1, FICO and Anti-Trust
In the fifth video of the series, NAR Director of Broadcasting Stephen Gasque looks at…
Reconsider How You Market Vacant Homes
Vacant homes in the the central Berkshire area are being broken into at an alarming…
Scam Alert: Old Scam Resurfaces, 4 Berkshire REALTORS Recognized Them
In the past week, we have had 4 reports of scam emails that members are…
Coming Soon. Your Seller’s Know about it, you should too.
Despite the headline, the Berkshire Eagle recently published a fairly balanced article about Zillow’s new…
Zillow Bought Trulia for 3.5B. So, now what?
Zillow bought Trulia for $3.5 billion dollars. So, now what? Well, there is no one…
Gas Pipeline, What REALTORS Need to Know (and Do)
You have a duty to know this, and disclose this! While it’s a long way…
NAR Seeking to Protect Home Tax Deductions
Right now, there is a discussion going on in Congress that could have a huge…
#TBT: Throwback Thursday Photo Vault Is Open!
Look at those Berkshire REALTORS! Can you guess how many years ago this was taken?…
Coming Soon? Ask Yourself this one Important Question
Quoted Article from Sam DeBord: “There has been a lot of discussion lately about the…
Sounding the Alarm on Pocket Listings
Debate escalates as “coming soon” listings are appearing in more MLS marketplaces, and with the…
CoreLogic | The MarketPulse
CoreLogic, a statistical company that produces industry trend reports has just released their March Market…
National Financial Issues Impacting Real Estate Lending
Many of the policies affecting our industry are responded to by NAR. This is the…
Mortgage Debt Relief Clears Committee
Good news. The Senate Finance Committee has passed a two-year retroactive extension of tax relief for…
Notes from the MAR Legal Hotline: April 2014
April is Fair Housing Month… Questions focus on rentals and discrimination issues. Q. We are opening a new…
2 Second Question
Would you stay or would you go? FlexMLS… we’ve been using this software since 2008.…
2013 Year in Review: Berkshire Real Estate Market Watch
The Berkshire real estate market in 2013 continued our upward trend with robust sales compared…
With Sympathy
We are sad to report the passing of Susan Sciola, beloved mother of Eric Sciola of the…
“Drowning” in Flood Changes
So we are “drowning” in flood changes……..A Stop Gap measure was approved, while we wait…