Recession officially ends in March, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc., signaling the return of commercial and residential real estate.

The oldest co-housing project in the US - Davis, California's Muir Commons – opens.

The ruling by the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Thompson v. Dekalb County Board of Realtors^® that the exclusive right of NAR members to use the MLS is harmful to other businesses and opens up MLS use to non-members in that jurisdiction.