Thursday, 23 January 2020
Editor's Blog
NAR has been looking into technology and its impact on the real estate industry since the early 1990s. MLS 2022 Agenda A large MLS industry research project was undertaken during Summer 2019 to identify the most significant issues facing the MLS industry over the next 30 months. These findings are…
Rent control is destructive, it is a menace to a free society, and is being promoted in California based on a lie...that rent control is part of the solution to the housing availability and affordability issues. It is not. In fact, just the opposite is true. The California Legislature (with…
"You only pay for what you need." This is the mantra of Liberty Mutual Insurance. The public is being educated...why pay for more than you need? This is the mass socialization of a basic economic concept. Watch for a lot more of this type of message from others.
Real estate is a "Me Too" business.90% of what you do to sell a house, everyone does to sell a house. What do you do that is different? "Be different, or charge less."Seth Godin
From Google at NAR's iOi Summit last month. Some may think that Millenials are wasting away in their parents or grandparents basements...not true says Google. In fact, Millenials are now the largest group of home buyers and are twice as likely to source their down payment from relatives. Many Millennials…
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It is no surprise to me that real estate search is way ahead of other category searches. Real Estate was the first industry to display its inventory on the WWW back in 1995.
Data Standards and RESO (Real Estate Standards Organization) I have been discussing the standardization of MLS data with audiences since 1995, when I worked closely at NAR with RIN (REALTORS Information Network), and its technology partner, Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH). The story then, and the story now...greatly simplified: MLSs speak…
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