Real Estate News

The Appraisal Qualifications Board (AQB) has recently approved new education criteria that will become effective January 1, 2008. These changes were made because of the difficulty state regulatory agencies experienced when trying to determine how many hours of continuing education is required for an appraiser who has only been licensed for a partial year. …

It appears that Google has plans to enter the real estate listings market in a way that might put other MLS providers and listing sites under major competitive pressure. According to a recent story by Janis Mara of Inman News, Google has recently added real estate listings to their search results and linked them to …

Do you have a strong opinion on the purported housing bubble? Now you can put your money where your mouth is. In the near future, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange will offer a series of futures and options that let speculators bet on whether home prices are going to go up or go down. According to …

The Department of Financial Services (DFS), Office of Insurance Regulation, recently published an article to remind real estate professionals of the laws governing title insurance companies.
The giving of an inducement, or a thing of value, in return for the referral of title insurance business is a violation of Florida statutes. Florida Administrative Code, states …

The Florida Legislature recently enacted several changes to Florida’s license law. The first change corrects a problem that allowed licensees to renew an involuntarily inactive license by taking two continuing education courses. The second change reduces the amount of time a license application remains valid. Effective July 1, 2006, the law changed as follows:
1. Pre-license …