Change. Is. Here.
Perhaps you know the feeling after surviving a particularly difficult and sudden situation – like a natural disaster. You experience a quick high – that of significant relief and gratitude. In these type of...
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Appraisal Bias in Housing: How To Reduce Risk
I’ve given NAR a hard time recently for lacking much action when it comes to discriminatory housing practices. This is intentional and I do so because I believe that we need to shine a...
Has NAR done Too Little Too Late?
(This article was featured on Inman News)Discrimination in real estate and mortgage is wide spread despite the fair housing act of 1968. Recently, very little has changed for the better at NAR. As one...
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...
National Association of Realtors: San Diego 2021
We are stoked to be back in San Diego, and back at NAR, the National Association of Realtors. It’s the largest real estate event of the year. This is my third NAR in San...
Retro-Speculative: Our Marketing Shift
They say that everything old is new again and at Revaluate HQ we’ve taken that to heart in both our product, our own lead gen / marketing, and to some extent, how we advise...
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...
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...
NAR Apologizes for Racism – Trevor Noah Blasts Realtors
We’ve been looking for solutions to an ethics crisis that has been gaining attention in the last 12 months since “Long Island Divided” was published by NewsDay where inequality in housing, steering, and overt...
After 112 Years, The NAR EXPO Hall Falls Silent
Last year on this date, I wrote on Inman: “If you have the opportunity to attend the 2019 NAR Tradeshow and expo, I highly suggest attending next week, because it will never be as...