Freakonomics Freaks NAR
Freakonomics just moved to the top of our summertime reading list. Pointing to data that suggests that “full-service” “realtors get 3-4% more for their own houses and leave their own…
Mixed Messages
A reader just forwarded a newsletter from her local Realtor®: Sales are up!…blah, blah, blah…supply is tight!…blah, blah, blah…the market is strong!…blah, blah, blah…but “t may be a good time…
(No)HousingBubble.com Smackdown Dust Settles
It’s official, and the bubblemongers have loudly spoken. HousingBubble.com outsold NoHousingBubble.com by a margin of $2,250 $2,225! (and yes, HousingBubble.com sold for $2,250 $2,225 so you do the math) We’re…
HousingBubble Market Lacks Froth
After three bids, the HousingBubble.com domain name sold for $2,225 (slightly below the sellers “buy it now” price of $250,000). Apparently there’s not much “froth” in the HousingBubble domain name…
Update: Bubble Domain Smackdown
Realty Baron coined the phrase, we just borrowed stole it. In any case, here’s the auction update: HousingBubble.com: one day left and only one bid of $1,000 (but over 900…
NoHousingBubble.com
No doubt you’ve heard that the HousingBubble.com domain name is up for auction. But what happens if a bubble fails to materialize? Well here’s your opportunity to put all those…
Market Similarities (Beyond Just The “U”)
Two select quotes and five “lessons” from CNNMoney’s look at the U.K. housing market slowdown. Perhaps a little foreshadowing of what’s to come in the U.S.? And isn’t our market…
Top Five San Francisco Trophy Homes
Looking for new digs? Have an extra twenty million in Google stock burning a hole in your pocket? Match the recent Mega number? If so, then perhaps you’ll want to…