Crime Data Doesn’t Pay
More is not better. In fact – more is worse. Frequently, we talk with executives of large real estate, mortgage and software companies about their desires to ramp up their data. They have the...
Category: housing
DOJ to NAR: $85B in Commissions is a Bit Rich
Last year, Real Estate agents earned $85B in Residential real estate commissions in the US. Our justice department believes that number is too high, especially given the recent double digit increase in home values...
Illegal Love Letters
This post was written for and featured on Inman.com Because so many have abused the privilege, it will soon be illegal to send love letters to sellers. Love Letters are the term used to...
Long Island Man Avoids 23 years of Mortgage Payments
Most of us know there are problems with the mortgage system and with big banks and lenders and real estate companies. In general I think we are slowly improving and pointing our compass in...
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times (To Sell a Home)
When is the best time to sell and when is the worst time to sell a home? The correct timing can directly influence price, DOM duration and the number of leads you generate with...
Shocking News: Most Real Estate Offers Result in a Bidding War
In the most surprising news of the day we learned that the real estate housing inventory supply issue is resulting in a high level of offers that turn into bidding wars. Wow, who could...
The Home Seller Market Crash
The home seller market crash is worse than we predicted. If you are in the Real Estate or Mortgage business, a year since the start of the pandemic in the US, you likely see...
Zillow & NAR Hit With Same Lawsuit
In this strange new world where cats and dogs live together, Zillow and the National Association of Realtors have found themselves as allies, against REX. This started out of spite. When co-founder and CEO Jack...
Revaluate Wins TEC100 Award for Lead Gen
In a year of uncertainty, change and turbulence, lead gen companies like Revaluate have created a digital legacy that will impact borrowers, clients and companies for years to come. Yesterday Housing Wire, the news...
In Search of Listings and Leads
Where have all the listings gone? We knew it would be bad – but this is worse than I’d anticipated in October. Listings have vanished, traditional lead gen has slowed to a hault, housing...