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.

Merced County Courthouse Museum will host Radio of the Past exhibit though Sept. 14, with an opening reception on July 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday and admission is free. For more information, call (209) 723-2401 or go to

The Real Estate Services Providers Council, Inc. has urged the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to publish a targeted Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act rule that simplifies the Good Faith Estimate without disrupting the residential ho

tjstork recommends a blog post up at Openmarket.org on the passage by a Senate committee of a fingerprinting provision in a foreclosure assistance bill. The provision would require thousands of people connected with the mortgage industry, even tangentiall

Large numbers of estate agents have been forced out of business by the severe slump in the property market, those in the industry say. Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty estimates that 30 percent to 40 percent of agents have left the industry sinc