Realtors are abandoning a listing ship

The housing crunch and Internet are shrinking the ranks of agents. __ Huerta and Youngmin Bae bought their Burbank home without ever meeting their real estate agent. Instead, they scoured listings for their favorite neighborhoods, haggled over prices and even wrote their offer using Marco's cellphone. There was no housewarming plant on the porch when they moved in, but the couple aren't complaining: They received a $10,000 check as a "rebate" from their agent's 3% commission. "It's a great incentive," said Marco Huerta, 32. "This is what capitalism's all about." Experiences like these are leading some to wonder whether Realtors...

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Real estate ride: From big bucks to bankruptcy (of office No. 1 worldwide in sales for Century 21)

Real estate ride: From big bucks to bankruptcy Even top-selling broker can't make his bills, is forced to shut offices By Joe Schoenmann Las Vegas Sun People lose homes in Las Vegas every day because they can't pay the mortgage. But when real estate agents and brokers start hitting the wall financially, it perhaps is a sign of even more troubling trends in the home sales market. Despite Clark County's apparently robust economy, home sales are doing so poorly that the first major real estate broker here has filed for bankruptcy court protection . Jimmy Dague, who has sold real...

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Housing slowdown deepens in Mass.

Single-family home sales and prices in Massachusetts fell 1.5 percent in March, capping a first quarter in which sales slowed dramatically from the previous year... ''Inventory is at record highs, so buyers are taking their time," said David Wluka, president of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors. ''They can pick among several houses so they don't feel the pressure." The slowdown in Massachusetts' housing market ran counter to a surprising pick-up in March in nationwide sales of homes, condominiums, and townhouses. Analysts had predicted that strong February sales... The housing market in Massachusetts ''simply isn't as strong as it is in...

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Brace for Impact, Venezuela

Hold your lunches, folks:

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Need Legal Advice-RE: Exclusive Buyer's Agreements/Real Estate

Any LegalFreepers out there that can freepmail me to offer a quick consult on a sticky situation regarding a home purchase?

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