Green building isn’t an instant salve for the ailing real estate market, but some local builders are moving in that direction as they continue to cope with slumping home sales.

Hudson & Marshall of Texas Inc. will hold one of the area's largest auctions of foreclosed properties Jan. 12-16 at the Memphis Marriott. The auction is part of a week-long Tennessee road show, featuring H&M auctions in Chattanoo

Once a last resort, home sellers are beginning to choose auctions first to sell their homes (from Nashville Business Journal)

Existing-home sales are projected to trend upward in 2008 but a recovery for new-home sales is unlikely before 2009, according to the National Association of Realtors' chief economist, Lawrence Yun.

"Buy Now." The message is simple, succinct and straight to the point.

When most Memphians think of auctions, they think livestock and guys talking loud and fast.

The National Auctioneers Association (NAA) reports extensive growth for the auction industry in 2006 with a 7.1 percent increase over 2005 in gross revenue, translating into $257.2 billion in total revenue generated.

More than $83,000 was raised by the live auction, and those funds will be used to help the mission of the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation