Inman News had an excellent summary of the parts of the recent Fiscal Cliff Bill that were applicable to housing. 

Here are some of the key points as summarized by Inman News:

- Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief was extended through 2013

- Qualified borrowers can deduct Mortgage Insurance premiums

- $200-500 tax credits for energy-efficiency home improvements

- $2000 tax credits for new energy-efficient new houses

View the full article and all the details

KCM Blog has a write up on the results of the recent Google / National Association of Realtors collaboration which studied the "evolving role of digital media in the consumer home search process."

It found that 9 out of 10 home buyers relied heavily on the Internet as part of their home search.

http://www.kcmblog.com/2013/01/15/google-nars-study-on-digital-home-buying/

We have rolled out a new video tutorial help system, which can be accessed at any time by going to iMaxWebSolutions.com and clicking the Tutorials tab. Here is the direct link:

http://www.imaxwebsolutions.com/pages/video-tutorials

These video tutorials will allow iMax customers to easily learn how to use the iMax system. We will be adding additional tutorial videos on an ongoing basis as we continue to build out the video tutorial help system. If you have any suggestions for videos that we do not have presently, but that you think would be helpful, please let us know at help@imaxwebsolutions.com

Per an excellent suggestion by one of our customers (we welcome suggestions and feedback), the Market Intelligence "Absorption Rate" reports and charts have been renamed "Closing Rate." For those who aren't familiar with these reports / charts, the Closing Rate shows the rate at which properties sell per month or per price band - in other words, of the total properties that were for sale, what % of them sold. To use the Closing Rate Reports and Charts, login to your web site and click Reports in the upper left. Then scroll down to the Market Intelligence Report section.

Today's real estate agent takes advantage of many types of online technology, as well as more traditional means of promoting their real estate business. Every universe tends to have a center, and iMaxWebSolutions is specifically designed with this in mind. iMaxWebSolutions is designed to be at the very center of every real estate agent's business universe: a business hub that all other technologies and means of promotion can be directed back to, a business hub that is open 24 / 7.