Real estate marketplace inefficient, but works 

Every morning in the tiny fishing village of Pichidangui on the central coast of Chile, local residents line up and await the arrival of the morning catch. The boats dock; the fish are cleaned, sold and wrapped in newspaper. Within an hour, the small crowd dissipates.

The value chain in Pichidangui is simple–fishermen distribute fish to residents–an efficient and cost-effective marketplace with no middlemen or intermediary costs. Far more complex, the U.S. real estate value chain is also more expensive–10 percent or so of every sale.

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