There has been more jostling than ever about how we sell homes, and the role of the MLS. Either we can have everyone commit to the MLS as the primary marketplace, or blow the whole thing up - which seems to be the current path. Rob succinctly lays out his case here:...
The National Association of Realtors is attempting to regulate a change in the Coming Soon environment - see above. The way it is written, however, will just take us back to the days when off-market deals were done behind closed doors because they are permitting the...
Pocket listings should keep the excitement level higher for now. From the Business Insider: The ultra-wealthy are known for being exclusive, and the way they handle the purchases and sales of their multimillion-dollar homes is often no exception. Now, that’s not to...
I participated in the PLS webinar recently: We're excited to be hosting our first ever ZOOM meetup with James Harris (Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles & Founding Partner, ThePLS.com). We'll be discussing Los Angeles real estate market trends for Q2 (and beyond)...
We've been at Compass for one year! How's it been, and where are we going? I was the 160th agent hired in the region. Now there are 565 Compass agents in San Diego County! In the beginning, we thought that Klinge-Realty-Powered-By-Compass had a nice ring to it, but...
Doesn't it feel like we're in another bubble? Home prices have been on a tear for ten years straight, and are at their highest levels ever. Is this bubble going to pop too? Let's look at the statistics first. I took the most recent 45 days to get the latest scoop,...
Thanks to reader Just Some Guy for sending in this article from last week - and who wondered why more people don't live here and commute to the Bay Area? Buyers like off-market listings because it lessens the competition. All agents have to do is convince sellers....
The disrupters can tinker around with whatever gadget they can think up next, but if sellers believe that selling their home off-market is the way to go, there won't be any MLS/traditions to disrupt. Check out https://aaltohomes.com/ The private listing clubs are...
The largest agent club in Southern California is growing its membership quickly, as the erosion of the cooperation between brokers continues. We'll hear more about the disrupters, discounters, and consolidation, but the underlying theme is that agents are only going...
The real estate industry has never felt the need to create a powerful search portal in response to Zillow. There should have been an industry-wide effort to create a realtor-centric website to support our business, but NAR and others just shrugged it off. Traditional...
