Fannie Mae, the mortgage giant, will begin requiring electronic lock boxes on their listings. This means that showing agents will use these boxes instead of the current practice of push button lock boxes.Some may ask, "so what?" Foreclosure properties are occasionally mistreated by real estate agents - some will or let their buyers pull up carpet and move/destroy things you wouldn't do in a normal house. Others will show these homes without permission or go back many times without informing the agent, which is … [Read more...]