While getting a consumer to contact them may be the marketing aim of most real estate professionals, consumers themselves have little interest in talking to them – at least at first, according to Brian Clark, who spoke last week at the Real Estate Connect and Agent Reboot conferences.

The median age of first-time buyers is approximately 31 years of age. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the median age of Realtors is 56. The issue for the real estate industry is: Will these two groups be able to bridge the gap and work together?

North-Haven based H. Pearce Real Estate plans to create an investor services offering, part of a push of Connecticut brokerages looking to diversify income streams.

If you take mortgage interest tax deductions, the next 100 days could have significant financial implications for you, thanks to Congress’ new federal debt ceiling plan.

Prudential Connecticut Realty’s Newington office has donated 78 backpacks to the Newington Department of Human Services through Prudential Cares 13th annual backpack challenge.

Home values across the country fell 6.2 percent year-over-year to $171,600, according to Zillow’s second quarter Real Estate Market Reports.

The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has filed a class action lawsuit against Wells Fargo and Fannie Mae, alleging the bank wrongly foreclosed on a home with a reverse mortgage without informing the homeowner’s heirs of their legal rights.

If you give millions of seriously underwater homeowners a new equity position in their properties by reducing their principal mortgage debt, will they keep paying on their loans and avoid foreclosure?

As tempers flare over the contentious vote and revote on a labor concession deal, one of the questions that occasionally pops up on comment boards is this: Is the Malloy administration really spending money to redecorate the governor’s mansion as it is demanding labor givebacks?

Families earning the state’s median income can’t afford a median-priced home in two-thirds of Connecticut’s cities and towns, according to a report released today by the Partnership for Strong Communities.

You have decided to sell your business and have located a potential buyer. What are your options in terms of maximizing the amount of your sale from your real estate business?