Would you judge a real estate broker by his blog? You might have to. The Washington Post reports that nearly 8% of realtors blog but more are coming online every day. The article gave a nice boost to blogger Danilo Bogdanovic of Loudounscene who's clients can also follow his Twitter messages reporting important trends like: "Back from a long bike ride--hungry and ready to make some dinner." Expect more realtors on Twitter and LinkedIn in the months ahead says Real/diaBlog. There goes the neighborhood! Meanwhile, foreclosures are driving everything in California says the Housing Bubble Blog and appraisers everywhere face a tough time convincing lenders that their appraisals are legit (via The Real Estate Bloggers). We're also now entering into a kind of real estate Twighlight Zone, says Hot Property, where the states with the best housing and job markets have had the biggest drops in sales, and the worst markets (Arizona, California, Nevada, Ohio and Florida), are now seeing the strongest sales. Fortunately Greenspan's latest guidance is a stabilized real-estate market in most places by summer of 2009 (via Bigger Pockets). 

While you're waiting for things to settle down in your hood, you can ogle the celebrity homes for sale at The Real Estalker or revel in the schadenfreude of poorly chosen listings photos at It's Lovely! I'll Take It! Priceless.