From National Real Estate Investor comes news that loans for commercial multifamily projects have dropped 63% year over year: Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations continued to fall on a year-over-year basis in the second quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations. Second quarter originations were 63% … Read more
I’ve decided I need to do one of these every week. Break up the heavy duty real estate theorizing — it can get a bit much even for me after while…. So… let’s see… hit Play on my Shuffle… L’Amour Toujours (I’ll Fly With You) Gigi D’Agostino I have no idea how this track ended … Read more
I’ve decided I need to do one of these every week. Break up the heavy duty real estate theorizing — it can get a bit much even for me after while…. So… let’s see… hit Play on my Shuffle… L’Amour Toujours (I’ll Fly With You) Gigi D’Agostino I have no idea how this track ended … Read more
The conversations continue. It appears there are a whole bunch of folks who want to talk about the future of listings. And rightfully so — listings are important to the modern practice of real estate. The latest salvo marks the return of David Harris of Geek Estate to blogging, and it’s a good one. Read … Read more
One of my favorite marketing blogs has a new post up that has me absolutely scratching my head: For example, recent studies show that more men than ever are making dinner, doing housework and managing the kids. That sure sounds a lot like my neighborhood. Still, you’d never know it from what brands reflect in … Read more
Louis Cammarosano is a really smart dude. I know you might think you know that. But, really. He’s a smart smart guy. In this interview he briefly mentions his history prior to HomeGain: Upon graduation from the Fordham University School of Law, I worked at Cravath Swaine and Moore in New York and London. I … Read more
Want to know what will be on the minds of real estate brokers and agents in a few years’ time? It isn’t often that you get to peek into the future, but I have found a time-travelling peephole: For Jeff Good, president of Good Hospitality Services, the question of who owns customer data — the … Read more
I went to post a lengthy comment on FOREM regarding this excellent post, but something went wacky with Joel’s Captcha system (socket not found or something?) and I lost it all. 🙁 Argh. So I’ll just respond to Joel here. But do read his whole post, as it is excellent. My comment, which I attempt … Read more
I went to post a lengthy comment on FOREM regarding this excellent post, but something went wacky with Joel’s Captcha system (socket not found or something?) and I lost it all. 🙁 Argh. So I’ll just respond to Joel here. But do read his whole post, as it is excellent. My comment, which I attempt … Read more