This rise can be seen in the context of a failing stock market. An agent’s main responsibility is in finding properties for the purpose of listing it, visit each property, study the floor plans and collect other requisite information about the property. The lean season can extend to more than a quarter or two when you have to stretch to make ends meet in the initial years. Federal housing loan rates have revised now and there prevails a real estate slump which is unforeseen. A week’s or a month’s prevailing price may not hold true for the coming days. You can’t enquire and cross check this beyond a certain point and will decide to by gut feeling alone.5. This is a sign of an upward trend in the days to come. Moreover it will give you a comparative price of the neighborhood. The biggest and the ever recurring problem is the slump or depression in the market.* Improvement of the locality will in turn increase the value of the property overtime.* Market research is one of the main safety measure that an agent has to undertake in order to be able to price the property without under or over pricing. Why The Rush To Invest In Real Estate?* Falling stock market has generated fear psychosis among the investment community reminding them of the Great Depression. The real estate agent is a peoples’ man who ought to know the people in depth in order to deal smoothly with them. The loss incurred by under pricing would

LandAmerica Financial Group
Type	Public (NYSE: LFG)
Founded	1876 (The Real Estate Title Insurance Company of Philadelphia)
Headquarters	Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
Key people	Theodore L. Chandler, Jr. (President/CEO)
Industry	Real estate
Products	Land Titles, Title insurance
Revenue	$4.2 Billion USD (2006)
Net income	$165.6 Million USD (2005)
Website	www.landam.com

LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: LFG) is the third largest title insurance group in the US. It was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia. The company's subsidiaries are primarily Title insurance underwriters, however they offer a number of other real estate transaction services.

LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, principally engages in the title insurance business in the United States. Its products and services facilitate the purchase, sale, transfer, and financing of residential and commercial real estate.

The company operates primarily in three segments: Title Insurance, Lender Services, and Financial Services.

The Title Insurance segment provides title insurance, escrow and closing services, commercial real estate services, property appraisal and valuation, building and site assessments, survey coordination, construction disbursement, coordination of national multistate transactions, tax-deferred real property exchanges, and real estate transaction management services.

The Lender Services segment provides services to regional and national lending institutions, which complement those offered in the company’s title insurance business. These services consist primarily of real estate tax processing, flood certification services, mortgage credit reporting, default management services, and mortgage loan subservicing.

The Financial Services segment engages in originating and purchasing of commercial real estate loans in the southern California market, as well as soliciting deposits through certificates of deposit and passbook savings accounts.

The company provides its services to lenders, developers, real estate agents, attorneys, and property buyers and sellers. It serves residential and commercial customers with approximately 1,000 offices and a network of over 10,000 agents throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe.

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