ApartmentFinder.com survey: Of more than 5,000 apartment seekers, 96% said that online reviews influenced their decision when choosing an apartment.

The report on pending sales – U.S. homes under contract but not yet closed – has gone up for the past four months, rising 3.3% month-to-month in July.

The Fla.-owned property insurer wants to reduce average base rates on most policies for the first time since a move to artificially lower rates ended in 2009.

Many Realtors seek small investors who own a few rental properties, but it’s best to get in on the ground floor – when they’re ready to make that first purchase.

Single homebuyers made nearly one-third of all 2013 real estate purchases, according to NAR. A survey finds their reasons are the same as those of married buyers.

Five big big banks agreed to help active-duty troops understand a 2003 law’s rules that allow them to have mortgage rates and some other debt fees capped at 6%.

A FHA-borrowers’ push to close near the end of the month may end because FHA will stop charging them a full-month’s interest when they close earlier.

Low asking prices rarely spark bidding wars and high prices languish on the market. Exact numbers imply little negotiation room, but round numbers do not.

Contrary to some consumer perceptions, it’s cheaper to live in Fla. than most Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states, according to a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

Four Fla. counties – three in SW Fla. and one in Central Fla. – made RealtyTrac’s top 10 list of boomer relocation destinations from 2007 to 2013.