Date

Mar

29
2007

Big Houses Mean Lousy CEOs

Bill Gates' House c/o Getty Images An article in Slate Magazine points to an ongoing study by Crocker Liu and David Yermack of the housing purchases of nearly every top executive in the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Their theory?...  more...

Of Boomer Lingo

I caught myself today saying boomer things. The guy I was talking to was much younger and looked soooo puzzled. Take this test and see how you do. Do any of these sayings make sense to you? Please roll down...  more...

Real Estate Confidential?

Another real estate reality show premeired this week, "Real Estate Confidential," airing on the Fine Living Channel. This new half-hour TV docu-drama shadows Los Angeles' most real estate agents as they "expose" the art of the deal, putting their egos...  more...

Hello, my name is "LetMeIn YourSite"

To attach a lead form or not to attach a lead form -- believe it or not that's still a pretty hot-button issue in the real estate industry. Not long ago pretty much every Web site with real estate listings...  more...

Apollogy or Reallo?

Realogy shareholders are set to vote tomorrow on a proposed buyout by an affiliate of private equity firm Apollo Management L.P. (No, there hasn't been a proposed name change for Realogy.) The deal is worth about $9 billion. The vote...  more...

A view of the U.S. housing market: It's raining knives and stones

A columnist for MoneyWeek, a financial publication based in London, said the U.S. housing market "is a 'house of cards' (pun intended) that could get much worse before it gets better." D.R. Barton Jr., the columnist and analyst, also stated...  more...

What we call the news

What We Call the News | Send To Friends | Funny Animations at JibJab The latest hit from JibJab, "What We Call the News." (This is why blogging is so much fun and why so many are doing it.)  more...

What realty agents need to know about trigger leads

Maybe this has happened to you. Just hours after applying for a mortgage, the phone calls start rolling in. "Hello Mr. Carpenter, This is Joe Sleezeball with Undistinctive Mortgage Company. I'm calling because I see that you are applying for...  more...