Brief: Inflation and Brokerage Profits
June 23, 2021
I’m super busy with a couple of important projects, and I’ve been up in the mountains celebrating the Sunny Freedom Tour ’21, so time is
Articles filed under Real Estate Finance
The Most Important Chart from 2020
January 6, 2021
The mainstream financial press is talking about what might be the single most important chart from 2020, which is above. The U.S. money supply increased
Industry Relations Ep. 44: What Forbearance Means for Mortgage Markets – with Rob Chrisman
April 10, 2020
Happy Friday, everybody! Hope everyone is keeping safe and healthy, and in as high a spirit as possible given our current situation. Just a quick
Seven Predictions for 2020: The Rat Pack Edition
December 12, 2019
Earlier this year, Sunny and I made her third (my second) move across this great country of ours in three years, landing in Las Vegas.
[VIP] Zillow’s Possible Long Game: Mortgages and iBuyer
August 29, 2019
It’s VIP Content Week, as I am home for several days without any travel. All that changes next week, but… in the meantime, I thought
[VIP] Did Redfin Just Surrender?
July 12, 2019
Yesterday, Redfin announced that it was entering into a partnership with Opendoor to become a conduit for Opendoor’s direct purchase offers: SAN FRANCISCO and SEATTLE, July 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/
A Note on eXp and Margins
May 25, 2018
Happy Friday, everybody. I’m deep in the heart of final edits on the June Red Dot report, tentatively titled “Zillow, Redfin, Realogy: The Shape of
Are Investor Offers Always Worse?
June 19, 2017
I’ve been in the mountains of North Carolina the last couple of weeks with intermittent internet service and zero cell coverage. So obviously, blogging was
Understanding Opendoor’s Mortgage Brokerage Move
March 7, 2017
Regular readers know that I have said that Opendoor could be the most important company in real estate. My reasoning was that Opendoor looked to be trying to
