We’re already up to the eighth installment of the Arkansas RealCast and we’ve got a good one for you this time around, folks. Eric Harris is Realtor® with Weichert, Realtors®-Downum Group in Springdale and is former Arkansas legislator. He stopped by the Arkansas Realtors® Association (ARA) to visit about real estate markets in northwest Arkansas [...]

The Arkansas Realtors® Association (ARA) Board of Directors voted to assess all members a $20 fee in addition to the $100 state dues for the year 2010. This will cover the $111,000 short fall in the budget for that year. Some facts you should know include no major expenditures in 2010, no increases in staff [...]

According to a Bloomberg article, the Senate vote on an extension of the first time home buyer tax credit will be delayed until at least next week. That will undoubtedly come as a bit of a disappointment to people who have been paying attention to the reports that the vote would come by the end [...]

Well, the press is reporting that an extension and expansion of the first time home buyer tax credit looks likely. There’s no final word yet (of course) as to whether the proposed legislation will make it through Congress and wind up on President Barack Obama’s desk, but a good number of reports circulating out there [...]

Kelly MacNeil over at KUAR — the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) public radio station and a National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate — put together a segment about the impact of the first time home buyer tax credit. Want to hear it? Sure you do! Click here to head over to the KUAR [...]

Over the past few months the common questions asked by journalists calling the Arkansas Realtors® Association have been whether the first-time home buyer tax credit has helped housing markets in the state and whether it will be extended. The answers to those queries have been (in order) “yes” and “we don’t know.” According to a [...]

Warren Darden, a Realtor® in Cleburne County, Ark., sent over the above photos and said he wishes there was a way we could share them with our members. Well, Warren, you’re in luck — we’ve got a blog and we can post whatever we want (within reason) to it. The photos here are of an [...]

The average/median list prices and inventories report released today by the Arkansas Realtors® Association reveals that not a whole lot has changed from last week. On the whole, the numbers of homes in inventory increased by a mere two units in the four markets surveyed. Average list prices in those four markets decreased by about [...]

As stores like Home Depot and Lowe’s have gained in popularity people have been inclined to handle home repairs themselves. That works out very well for people like my brother-in-law. He can build a V-8 engine out of coat hangers and spit. Since purchasing his home he has replaced the flooring and cabinets, replaced bathroom [...]

As I sat reading an article a few days ago I began to think of how that  particular article has impacted the real estate industry. The article was discussing the characteristics of the four generations that are in the same work force and how each generation is struggling with the work practices and ethics of [...]

So what issues are Realtors® in Little Rock talking about these days? You can find out some of that (and more) by taking a look at the October newsletter from the Little Rock Realtors® Association. That publication is available in the ever convenient electronic format, so click here to download the Word document and have [...]

The first Habitat for Humanity home in Little Rock was dedicated back in 1990. The owner of that home deeded it back to Habitat and the Little Rock Realtors® Association was on hand to help remodel the home so it could be presented to the new owner. Check out the above video for details.

Andy Mayberry — newsman, advertising rep and former congressional candidate — stopped by the svelte ARA offices to enthuse about East End, talk about future political plans, discuss how his newspaper is faring in a down economy and reflect on the tenure of Shane Broadway in the Arkansas Senate. Want to hear the interview with [...]

A Thanksgiving meal, woodsmoke from a chimney, grilled tailgate party foods – these are the wonderful aromas many associate with fall. Less wonderful is the smell of burning money – as unpleasant as the dusty belches that often come when a building’s heating system is fired up on the first frosty day of autumn. With [...]

That’s right — the October issue of the newsletter from the Metro Area Board of Realtors® is online and available for your reading pleasure. Take a look at the latest issue by clicking here. What’s going on in northwest Arkansas real estate? The Metro Messenger has the scoop. As always, local boards of Realtors® are [...]