NAR and realtor.com should have built one big ironclad portal a long time ago - by now the tail is wagging the dog: http://www.inman.com/2014/06/17/trulia-no-comment-on-report-its-looking-to-acquire-realtor-com-operator-move/ Trulia has no comment on a report by...
It was about a month ago that N.A.R. came out publicly and said that they don't have a position on pocket listings. Boom - Zillow jumps at the opportunity, and now here we are: http://www.inman.com/2014/06/11/zillow-launches-coming-soon-feature-to-site/...
Hat tip to daytrip for sending in this cliff-front house on the edge - hopefully someone has a camera on this 24/7! A luxury house in Texas, perched on a cliff with a spectacular view of Lake Whitney, has started falling into the water. The edge of the...
The 'battle' between real estate portals has been mostly uneventful, with Zillow taking the rest to the woodshed every quarter. Now Trulia has resorted to scraping listings from realtor websites directly. This is where I first saw it on twitter: Seriously, Trulia?...
Someone who puts together an auction hybrid and is realtor-friendly could have a big impact on how real estate is sold. But these guys are a brokerage, so it's them against the realtor world. From HW: A new company is offering homeowners a new way to sell their...
Every year we hear how the industry is going to change, and specifically, how the internet will cause the sellers of real estate to change their ways. Zillow and Trulia sell advertising to realtors. They will be in full support of the status quo, as seen below in the...
Realtor.com already slid down to the #3 real estate website, and was in danger of becoming completely irrelevant. Then Zillow poaches realtor.com's president and executive vice president, and less than two weeks later, Move/realtor.com sued Zillow over trade secrets....
Here's a good review of the recent Dave Camp tax proposal: http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-harney-20140309,0,7914993.story#axzz2vWoDGLkZ Under intense scrutiny will be the two-out-of-five-year rule - Congress will find it irresistible to tinker with...
If N.A.R., realtor.com, and/or other industry leaders don't get out in front of the changing market, then those with the big bucks will put an attractive spin on their model and try to determine our future. From techcrunch.com: Fresh off its public debut last week,...
The NAR and realtor.com aren't likely to keep up with the spending, so the future of home-selling will probably be determined by who wins the war below. Zillow has already shown the killer instinct that Redfin lacks, and if they succeed in getting the most eyeballs,...
