We are pleased to announce the launch of the HomeGain Real Estate Blog iPhone application.

The platform enables readers with iPhones to access and view HomeGain Blog articles in a customized format.

The HomeGain Blog automatically recognizes that it is being accessed by an iPhone, and delivers the iPhone interface.

No software downloads are required.

If you have an iPhone, please take a look.

Letter from the Editor

The HomeGain Blog was recently recognized by Inman News as a nominee for the Most Innovative Real Estate Blog of the year. This is an honor in view of the efforts we’ve put into creating a place that can be enjoyed by our readers on a daily basis, and provides insight and value to real estate agents whether they subscribe to HomeGain or not.

Of course we couldn’t have come this far without the terrific blog posts from our contributors and guest bloggers, and commentary from our readers.

We take pride in the fact that our blog comprises of unique aspects – that it delivers content over advertisements; that we are a company, not just a social network site, that invites contributors from all different walks of real estate, including a few whose opinions differ from that of HomeGain’s business model; and that we encourage our customers to speak openly about our products from their point of view.

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In our exclusive interview with Mike Farmer of Mike Farmer Realty in Savannah, Georgia, Mike describes how expanding his reach on the Internet – from providing content on consumer facing real estate blogs to providing advice to the real estate community online to maintaining his own websites and blog – has changed and grown his business.

Listen in to hear Mike Farmer’s real estate advice:

Highlights of the call:

Mike discusses what he’s experiencing as most challenging in a down market, like the Continue reading this post

Jeffrey Bastress of Startpoint Realty in Massachusetts is the special guest on HomeGain Radio’s June 3rd show.

Jeffrey discusses how home buyer and seller expectations have changed over the past year, how it’s making things more challenging for today’s Realtors, and what real estate agents and brokers can do to avoid or overcome lost transactions due to this expectation gap.

Listen to Jeffrey Bastress’ call:

Jeffrey Bastress has been a HomeGain AgentEvaluator member for many years, ranking #1 in Massachusetts and nationwide, is a HomeGain Advisor, and a HomeGain Blog contributor.

To hear more HomeGain Radio interviews, plus find real estate articles, survey results and more, visit our Media Center!

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The Upland Real Estate market is facing pressure with a lot of inventory. There are still far too many homes on the market, with tons of choices and few home buyers.

I have noticed a lot of home buyers are starting to make the move and write offers on the short sale, or bank-owned homes. This is affecting the regular sellers and their bottom line.

Many sellers are starting to realize that they are not going to get the price they had hoped to get. But, then again, they will get the next home for much less than they had thought, as well. As long as they keep that in mind it will work out in the end.

This market will work itself out as soon as the inventory drops down.

The surrounding areas of Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana are really feeling the affects of supply and demand, with a lot of supply and very little demand. The City of Fontana has 395 single family homes for sale for $250K, or less. A year ago you could not find any single family homes under $300K.

There are still a lot of loans that will be reset to higher rates over the next year. This will result in Continue reading this post