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28
2007

Barely Legal

By Bradley Inman, Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
Case study: The Idaho Association of Realtors has introduced legislation, similar to measures proposed and passed in other states that have drawn fire from federal agencies, to mandate a higher level of real estate service. Legislation proposed by the Realtor...  more...

There's no competition in the title insurance industry! Yes there is!

By Matt Carter, Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
California's new Insurance Commissioner, Steve Poizner, apparently wants to surround himself with advisors with a wide range of views. After getting some flak for appointing a former insurance industry lobbyist, William Gausewitz, as his special counsel, Poizner today announced the...  more...

Dual Agency: Deal or no deal?

By Glenn Roberts, Jr., Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
Some states allow agents to represent both the buyer and seller in the same real estate transaction or allow separate agents from the same real estate company to represent separate sides of the same real estate transaction, a situation known...  more...

Who are Danny and Nina?

By Jessica Swesey, Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
And why do they have their own blog at Move Inc.? The young couple in their 20s started an online adventure when they decided to let Web users vote on where they should move next. Their blog originated here: http://dannyandnina.blogspot.com/....  more...

Outside.in no longer outside looking in

By Inman News, Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
Outside.in on Tuesday officially launched its Web service for sharing and exploring information about neighborhoods (3,217 altogether) in 63 cities nationwide. John Geraci, president and co-creator of Outside.in, talked about the site during a panel discussion at Inman News' Real...  more...

Shift Happens

By toddwcarpenter@gmail.com, Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
Wow, check out this video from YouTube, Most of it reflects upon issues of a more global nature, but each of us can learn from it. My thoughts: Nearly every high school senior who graduates this spring will have been...  more...

Truth in Real Estate Ads

By kenjenny@sbcglobal.net, Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
Did you ever wonder why? That great line will go down in history as one of the best ways to begin the understand the truth - all thanks to 60 Minutes' Andy Rooney. This could not be a better way...  more...

Another take on ZipRealty's expansion plans

By Matt Carter, Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
Former ZipRealty exec (VP of sales) Dave Marron saw the Inman News story on the company's announcement that it's accelerating its expansion plans, and will hire as many as 700 new agents to push into eight to 12 new markets...  more...

Feb

27
2007

Balance

By Bradley Inman, Tuesday, February 27, 2007.
Ten reasons why a stock market correction [any market correction including housing] is a good thing. 1. It curbs hubris. 2. It scares off speculators. 3. The rich get richer[less]. 4. We second guess how brillant we are. 5. It...  more...

Media upside down

By Bradley Inman, Tuesday, February 27, 2007.
Even more so than real estate, the media biz is in a war with itself. For one perspective on how and why, tune into Frontline tonight. Great four-part series on the media -- News Wars. In Tonight's show -- Part...  more...

The home-price roller coaster

By Glenn Roberts, Jr., Tuesday, February 27, 2007.
A series of home-price indices released today by Standard & Poor's (see Inman News) show a major drop in U.S. home-price appreciation in 2006 – the sharpest slide since 1989-1990. The latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices include home-price trends for...  more...

Transparency

By Bradley Inman, Tuesday, February 27, 2007.
At last year's Connect conference in SF, we made "transparency" the theme of the conference. [This year's is "Open source, Open data and Open dialogue"]. Transparency improves real estate markets. More information = better informed parties = getting to terms...  more...

Dispatches from house-flipping hell

By Matt Carter, Tuesday, February 27, 2007.
Remember Casey Serin, the young Sacramento-based house flipper who has been blogging about the trouble he got into after buying eight homes in six states using 100 percent stated income loans? This week, he writes about his first foreclosure auction....  more...

Feb

26
2007

The Secret

By Bradley Inman, Monday, February 26, 2007.
An interesting line from a New York Times story this AM: "In Southern California, real estate brokers show the 92-minute movie to motivate sales representatives." The movie: "The Secret". [Of course there is a book: "The Secret".] For $34.95, you...  more...

Listen to the rabbit

By Bradley Inman, Monday, February 26, 2007.
Discount real estate firms have always turned to off-beat advertising schemes, as they are rarely capitalized to compete with large firms. Here, a San Francisco broker combines YouTube distribution with the Real Estate Rabbit to make its case.  more...
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