Technology Cannot Save Broken Business Models
May 4, 2011
There’s an interesting post discussing the Future of Tech in the Brokerage making the rounds of the RE.net by Harper Thorpe, a senior executive at
Articles filed under Futurism for Fun and Profit
Why NAR Is Not Likely to Win the QRM Battle
April 21, 2011
I have to imagine, given the focused readership this blog has, that most of you already know that NAR has been fighting a war against
Have You Seen Me? The Role of the Broker in Contemporary Real Estate
March 18, 2011
One of the most insightful set of comments I’ve ever read on this here blog (remember, I usually learn more from writing this blog than
Wait Just One Minute… Did NAR Just Concede Its Data Sucks?
February 16, 2011
So CoreLogic releases a report in which it claims that NAR’s widely used Existing Home Sales stats are total garbage: CoreLogic reported sales totaled only
Seven Predictions for 2011, With Music Videos!
December 22, 2010
Coming off of an awesome, Hall-of-Fame type of year in which I batted .600 in predictions (or, alternatively, a year in which I only got
Interbroker Compensation and Compliance
December 16, 2010
As is somewhat normal, Brian Larson has a thought-provoking post on the future of the MLS up on MLS Tesseract. I gather it’s just one
Future of Rentals: PETRA, TRA, and End of Housing As We Know It
September 13, 2010
[Note: This is a longer version of the original, which was posted on AOL Housingwatch a few days ago. I’m crossposting it because Notorious ROB
Fannie and Freddie: Into Commercial Real Estate, Out of Residential
September 5, 2010
In my earlier post on the New Normal in real estate, a commenter took issue with my predictions about the future of the 30-year fixed
Slouching Towards DC, Part 2: A “Balanced” Policy
July 29, 2010
In part 1, I laid out some hints of what the Obama Administration has in mind for a new federal housing policy that would “reset
