Jun

8
2007

Make the Right Connections

Only 7 days left to get your Connect registrations in. Prices go up on June 16, so don't delay! If you've been humming and hawing about joining us at Connect this summer, you have just over a week to pull...  more...

MSLP -- mortgage broker's suggested list price

It's one thing to hear that appraisers are pressured to inflate valuations (see Inman News story), and another to see how it's supposedly done. The Ohio Attorney General has filed complaints against 10 companies, alleging they sent loaded appraisal requests...  more...

Guest Post: Web 2.0 disruption

On Tuesday, I discussed on Transparent Real Estate how the number of online users of real estate-related Web sites seem to be capped, and indeed is shrinking due to the national housing malaise. I posited that the best way to...  more...

Agent vs. FSBO smackdown continues

It's an old debate that's all-too-familiar: Who gets the better deal -- the homeowner who uses an agent or the one who braves it alone? According to two economists who studied the situation in Madison, Wisc., the answer is the...  more...