Hey everyone;

You may have noticed some new changes this morning to our site. We have added a nifty map feature that will allow you to visually search by state and county; this also adds a county drop-down menu that's all inclusive; but you'll still see YOUR county drop-down menu if you've selected any. (To add or select particular counties you want to search in, go to your MyKazork and then to MyAccount; then Edit Your Counties on the left hand side. These counties will then appear in the drop-down menu on the search page called MyCounties and will allow you to quickly search in those areas.) The all-inclusive county drop-down menu will only appear once you've selected a state. There's also an icon for the map feature underneath the saved searches area that will allow you to start over with the map if you reach an end to your search.

Agents and buyers may notice something new: Kazork Featured Properties. These are denoted in the search results by our green "K" icon. Basically, a Kazork featured property is one running an OSP (Offer Submission Period) on our site, which means that an agent can submit an offer online for that property.

Go play around and let us know what you think! Drop a comment here with your thoughts or write us at comments@kazork.com with any suggestions or opinions.

On June 23rd, CNN Money wrote:

"The Internal Revenue Service, citing the drain that high gas prices are having on people's finances, said Monday it is raising the automobile mileage rate that businesses and others can claim.

The tax agency said the optional standard rate to calculate deductible operating costs for vehicles will rise from 50.5 cents a mile to 58.5 cents for the final six months of 2008."

 

Click here to read the full article. 

 

We here at Kazork are feeling the squeeze at the pumps too.  We realize we can't do anything about the price of gas for your car, but we try to do our part by keeping the commissions being paid higher than the industry standard.  We hope that the extra commission helps!

Countrywide was sued by Florida Attorney General on Monday, alleging misleading and unfair trade practices.  Florida's suit follows on the heals of similar suits filed in California and Illinois last week.  Click here to read the article.