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Texas-based brokerage JP & Associates Realtors announced Tuesday it has teamed up with a tech company to launch an agent-centric cash offer program.

The free, 94-page e-book includes includes English-Spanish and Español-Inglés translations for common terms such as appraisal report (informe de tasación), buyer’s agent (agente del comprador), and closing costs (costos de cierre). In addition to technical terms, the glossary also covers common colloquialisms.

Realtor.com is set to debut its first hard-cover book aimed specifically at the first-time homebuyer, according to an announcement Wednesday.

Colorado-based real estate brokerage 8z Real Estate is the latest to offer a direct-to-consumer home buying and selling platform, known as an “iBuyer.”

A legally blind consumer has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against News Corp. subsidiary and realtor.com operator Move Inc., alleging the company’s websites discriminate against people with visual disabilities.

The real estate world was shocked to learn of former Keller Williams and RE/MAX real estate agent Holly Pasut’s experience of going to prison for mortgage fraud. Here’s a story from an agent who might have gotten into similar trouble had it not been for sound legal advice.

When a buyer’s inspector is examining a home inside and out, imperfections are bound to turn up. Here’s how to best prepare sellers for this marathon event.

The best way to avoid being overwhelmed, wasting time and getting sucked into the addictive nature of social media is to have a plan, similar to an editorial calendar. Here are five tips for sourcing real estate content as well as how and when to schedule social media posts to become the local expert in your area.

If you find yourself having difficulty sleeping, stressing over every issue or unable to focus on the task at hand, you might consider adding meditation to your daily or weekly routine — it’s easy to do, it’s free, it takes 10 minutes a day, and it can potentially change your life.

James Anthony Weil Jr., 47, pleaded guilty in January of this year to robbing a real estate agent who was showing him a home in 2016. As first reported by local press, Circuit Court Judge Steven C. Frucci sentenced Weil to 38 years in prison for robbery, abduction, and two counts of use of a firearm on Monday.