This week I looked at broker/agent tallies in four markets in the NYC metro area and compared them against the corresponding number of residential sales in 2009.

Northwest real estate giant John L. Scott will start automatically publishing its listings on the Web site Zillow.com. The two Seattle-based companies announced the deal Monday but did not immediately reveal its terms.

Many people living in Ward County - and especially in Minot - are getting some expensive mail this week.

The death sentences given to a man convicted of murdering two real estate agents in their office in 2003 have been upheld by Georgia's top court.

Most investors in the market focus on earnings and earnings growth. As value investors, however, we spend a lot time valuing company assets , since earnings can be volatile whereas many types of assets can provide a margin of safety on an investment if the price is right.

Harlan Drake smiled as he walked into court Thursday and kept smiling after hearing he was convicted of murder .

Documents obtained by Channel 4 Investigators provide new details in the death of an elderly Ponte Vedra woman.

Homeowners struggling to sell their homes in a short sale are getting some relief, thanks to the federal government's Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives, or HAFA, program.

Rice Field is for sale again.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. today announces the grand opening of The Westin Austin at The Domain - " the first Westin hotel to open in Austin, Texas.

The Niagara County District Attorney's Office has been asked to review a state comptroller's audit to determine if former Niagara County Treasurer David Broderick violated any laws or statutes while performing his duties as the county's public administrator of estates.

The Colorado Senate approved an amendment to a mortgage regulation bill Friday that would strip Division of Real Estate Director Erin Toll of her authority to regulate mortgage lenders and replace it with a board to be appointed by the governor.

A real estate agent who saved four people after a head-on two car crash north of Auckland on Friday has been hailed as a hero.

Published: Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 1:59 a.m. Elaine Griffin is crazy about stripes - in small rooms and kids' rooms, powder rooms and halls.

Subdivision Residents to Pay More Taxes

ORLANDO - Stirling Sotheby's International Realty has formed a strategic partnership with Canin Associates urban planning, landscape architecture and architectural design studios in Orlando. Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of Stirling Sotheby's International Realty, said the internationally recognized, full service, multi-disciplined design and architectural firm is a perfect match for Stirling Sotheby's.

NAPLES - Lennar reports it sold a record 29 new homes in February at Heritage Bay, a gated golf and country club resort community located on Immokalee Road east of I-75 in Naples. Matt Devereaux, director of sales for Lennar's Southwest Florida Division, said sales of new homes at The Verandas at Heritage Bay and Heritage Bay Terrace Condominiums exceeded projections for the month.

TAMPA - Only eight new homes remain for sale in phase one at the Ashton Woods Homes community, The Landings located off Interbay and Westshore Blvds. in South Tampa. Michael Roche, vice president of sales and marketing at Ashton Woods Homes in the Tampa Bay area, said the new phase that started construction will offer 35 three, four and five-bedroom homes priced from $199,900.

BRADENTON - Lennar has opened two new model homes and introduced six new floor plans at River Strand, the gated golf and country club community located within Heritage Harbor in Bradenton off S.R. 64. Matt Devereaux, director of sales for Lennar's Southwest Florida Division, said new homes at River Strand range in size from 1,194 square feet of living space to more than 3,800 square feet and new homes are priced from the $140s to more than $500,000.