Steve Kerch

While it is true that a big part of the swagger has been drained from the real estate technology industry, new products, services and alliances continue to flood the market....

What a difference a year makes. Or, since we're talking about the Internet, what a difference eight months makes. When the last Real Estate Connect conference was held in San...

Shirley Kroot, a Federal Housing Authority appraiser, e-mailed last month asking for help in "setting the public straight" about what has become a controversial television advertisment aired by her employer....

It is a gray and dreary early fall morning. The Savvy Spouse is sitting at the dining room table with a steaming cup of coffee, staring through the three openings...

I have a subscription to Today's Homeowner magazine. Not that I read Today's Homeowner. To do so might imply that I would actually undertake one of those attractive, do-it-yourself projects...

On the day you close on the purchase of your first home, there are a thousand things running through your mind: Is the mortgage company really going to fork over...

Americans have been fixing up their homes with so much enthusiasm in recent years that the people who track statistics regarding remodeling expenditures have had to do a little rehabbing...

I finally have something in common with all my syndicated heroes on Star Trek: After three seasons, my television show was canceled. I guess more people would rather watch Judge...

In related news: Rising home values are a double-edged sword when it comes to property tax time. Homeowners who drool as they watch the selling price of houses around them...

Some people still own typewriters. Many more have mastered the new-fangled intricacies of e-mail. There are folks who even continue to put pen to paper. And you could swear a...