Carpenter Realtors trots out smart phone technology
Specialized bar codes will be on Carpenter materials ranging from print advertisements to yard signs.
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Tax credit helps boost area home sales 20 percent
A federal tax credit that benefits first-time homebuyers is helping to bring home sales in the nine-county Indianapolis area
out of their funk.
Area home sales stronger, prices still down
Home-sale agreements in the nine-county Indianapolis area ticked up in September, due in large part to first-time homebuyers
enticed by large tax breaks.
Real estate firm launches in rough waters
Business partners Dan Adams and Bob Harton left a real estate franchise to start an agency of their own.
F.C. Tucker forms partnership with home-builder Shoopman
F.C. Tucker Co. has entered into an agreement with Shoopman Home Building Group in which 21 Tucker real estate agents will
staff model homes in seven communities Shoopman is developing.
Lease-to-own options becoming more popular
With credit tight and the economy shaky, homeowners around the region are increasingly choosing to sell their properties on
a lease-to-own basis.
Real estate agents struggling from trickling home sales
The downturn in the housing market isn’t tough just on people trying to sell their homes. It’s also tough on the people
who want to help those people sell their homes–real estate agents. Locally, their ranks have thinned as
more and more leave the field to search for better prospects.
MIBOR under scrutiny by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission recently slammed the Austin Board of Realtors for how the Texas organization runs its multiple-listing service, charging that a policy change barring certain homes from Web search engines runs afoul of federal antitrust laws.
New law provides Realtors an edge
A new state law backed by Realtors that critics say stifles cut-rate competition already has prompted a discount brokerage, California-based HomeYeah!, to shutter its operations here.