Starting on June 15th, short sale offers on distressed properties backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will receive a response within 30-60 days. Lack of a response to short sale offers in a timely manner has long been a frustration for real estate agents and alleviating this complaint is one of the objectives of the new policy.

http://www.dsnews.com/articles/fannie-and-freddie-set-timeline-requirements-for-short-sales-2012-04-17

Hard to believe here in 2012 (but good to know):
1 in 5 adults in the US do not use the Internet!

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/13/report-one-in-five-u-s-adults-does-not-use-the-internet/

How to embed videos and images using an iMaxWebSolutions real estate web site:

The most recent quarterly National Housing Survey by Fannie Mae, released in March 2012, provided interesting insight into the reasons people choose to buy a home. The top reason was that they wanted a good place to raise children. KCM Blog created an easy to read graphic from the survey results:

http://www.kcmblog.com/2012/04/06/why-people-really-buy-a-home/

And now for some technology humor ... you may have seen the story last week about a futuristic product Google is working on officially called "Project Glass." Basically, it's not unreasonable to think of the (unofficially termed) "Google Glasses" as a wearable computer. Would people wear these? Not sure, but here is Jimmy Kimmel's comedic take on them. 

http://gizmodo.com/5899770/jimmy-kimmel-joins-the-google-glasses-mockery-parade?tag=Google-Glasses