Redfin calls on real estate websites to drop crime data

The company cited the real estate industry’s history of redlining, as well as the potential to reinforce racial bias, as reasons to abandon crime data on search portals and other websites. Continue reading

7 strategies for marketing a notorious real estate property

Whether it has been the scene of a crime, a cult or a haunting, you can help buyers and sellers navigate the aftermath of a troubled property. Here’s how. Continue reading

11 issues that will impact the future of real estate

As Americans, we’re very blessed. This holiday season, mega-team leader Carl Medford is thankful, but also concerned. Here are the top 11 issues that he believes will affect the future of real estate. Continue reading

Real estate heir Robert Durst gets life in prison for friend’s murder

Durst, whose case was made famous in the HBO miniseries “The Jinx,” will spend the rest of his life behind bars for murdering Susan Berman in 2000. Continue reading

Owner of Unified Homes among 4 victims in California shooting

The business owner’s son, Luis Tovar Jr., also said his mother Blanca Tomayo and a half brother were among those killed, and that the fourth victim was an employee at the firm. Continue reading

‘Oh god lets leave’: Serial killer’s ‘torture basement’ horrifies agent

Stewart Weldon is awaiting trial for allegedly killing three women. His former Massachusetts home is for sale, and this week it traumatized a couple who visited the home with an agent. Continue reading

Are open houses too dangerous to justify?

Following a wave of headlines about open house-related crime, agents say safety issues are a growing concern in the real estate industry. Continue reading

Spooky ‘Watcher’ house has sold after 4 years on the market

A mysterious person claiming to be a ‘supernatural guardian’ sent letters to the couple, who purchased the home in 2014 only to put it on the market a year later. Continue reading

Largest NorCal multiple listing service hit by cyberattack

MetroList, the largest multiple listing service in Northern California, was hit by a cyberattack this week, leaving its more than 20,000 agent and broker subscribers without a fully-functioning MLS for a day and a half and counting. Continue reading