Another disrupter is looking to cut realtors out of the deal, which is fine. This is similar to Zillow's Make Me Move, which didn't go too far. It's a novelty to publicize a crazy price for your home, but if somebody wanted to take you up on it, would you sell your...
Watching the nationwide unrest on television last night made me think of the potential of future conflicts. San Diego enjoys a rather mellow population but we undoubtedly have our concerns about any and all oppressed parties in America - but being physically farther...
Brokerages are finding new ways to convince sellers to do in-house deals - an excerpt: According to Charles Williams, CEO of Buyside, “the software we supply to Metro Brokers unlocks the power of their buyer data for agents so they can win more listings, become more...
The guy who started the StopZillow campaign wants to build a new real estate portal which would be controlled by realtors - he discusses the details here: https://youtu.be/rv2SiGrw870?t=2m47s An excerpt from the leadership team's email announcing that the pre-launch...
There is one solution that would solve everything - start a new club. It was probably no accident that Mauricio ran this again on his Instagram yesterday, and it is a fantastic idea: They are advertising it as a pocket-listing website, but it could go big and offer...
The paperwork has been filed to dissolve Sandicor, our local MLS company. http://www.nsdcar.com/announcements/mls-faq.pdf A bitter fight among the three partners has been brewing all year. Two of the three associations of realtors, NSDCAR and PSAR, want to join the...
I took in a good portion of the big realtor conference this morning via livestream. They had some big hitters on stage too. Rupert Murdoch delivered a 7-minute speech, and did some Q&A. He comes off as a proper gentleman, and he's a good speaker for a guy who is...
From Forbes: In an effort to simplify the nation’s unwieldy tax code, Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) is socking it to homeowners. His proposal as chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, The Tax Reform Act of 2014, hits first-time home buyers, jumbo mortgage...
Bloomberg has an article on the traditional real-estate-agent model, and the upstarts trying to change it. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-07/why-redfin-zillow-and-trulia-havent-killed-off-real-estate-brokers#p1 Why has the traditional-agent model been so...
Hat tip to jpinpb for sending this along, from msnbc.com: ‘Occupy’ protesters and housing rights activists are planning to help families resist eviction from foreclosed homes and take control of vacant properties in some 25 U.S. cities on Tuesday, an effort aimed at...
