A fundamental revamp of the law governing estate agents and the sale of property with a view to beefing up consumer rights is in the trade and industry department's legislative pipeline.

Three San Francisco-based privately held companies: Green Key Real Estate, The goodMix, and Galley Eco Capital formed The greenMix, an entrepreneurial-led green real estate sales and marketing alliance launched today with the mission of building greener o

TOP real estate agents face legal action for quoting misleading low prices to prospective buyers, after months of inquiries by the Office of Fair Trading.

A Fort Worth real estate appraiser was one of two men who pleaded guilty this week of federal charges involving an alleged two-year mortgage fraud scheme that engulfed more than 200 homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Repo agents say banks and lenders have been asking them to reclaim all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, small planes, snowmobiles, semi-trucks and, of, course, cars. Vehicle repossessions were up 10 percent in 2007 over the previous year, said Tom Webb, an