The Consumer Federation of America released a report on Monday saying that real estate brokerage firms band together to set prices.

Downtown is ready to get its first major lodging facility, and many say the 115-room Marriott Residence Inn will help revitalize an area envisioned as the city's core.

Sarasota County has reached its target for three years. It was announced last week that the county was one of 10 local governments to win what the National Civic League calls the "Nobel Prize" of community involvement.

According to many real estate agents and mortgage providers who cater to Spanish-speaking immigrants across Georgia, the flourishing Latino home buying market has faltered since April, when Gov. Sonny Perdue signed the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act.

Many Americans cannot refinance out of this squeeze as more hybrid adjustable rate mortgages adjust upward and housing prices dip. They are finding themselves trapped in too-high monthly payments, and some face foreclosures.

According to U.S. Census data, home ownership across the country has fallen since the record first quarter of 2005, and real estate agents across the country are trying to find a way to improve those numbers.