Zillow and Antitrust? Reflections on Stratechery’s Tech and Antitrust
Ben Thompson of Stratechery, a VIP member on Notorious, recently wrote a post on Tech and Antitrust that is absolutely fascinating on a lot of levels. Although that post is […]
The Problem with “Good Agents Will Adapt”
I mentioned blogging would be light because I’m at the annual Realtor Quest conference that the Toronto Real Estate Board puts on. It’s a truly wonderful world-class event, I think, […]
[VIP] Redfin Direct vs. Zillow Offers At Full Scale: A Thought Experiment
[I will be on the road all next week so blogging will be a bit light. I hope the flurry of activity in recent days will provide enough reading and […]
[VIP] One Month of Zillow Offers in Phoenix: An Analysis
In a previous post, I looked at some of Opendoor’s transactions in Florida and drew some conclusions on very limited data. Well, I got my hands on some more data, […]
iBuyer and Conflicts of Interest
It seems pretty obvious now that the rest of the industry is waking up to the fact that iBuyer is not a blip on the radar, is not We Buy […]
[VIP] REMAX Q1,2019 Earnings: Refusing Greatness
I don’t often talk about RE/MAX, because it’s not a brokerage. It’s a franchisor, with a business model that doesn’t tell us a whole lot about what’s going on with […]
OpenBoxMLS: An Open Source Acorn
“All of us are smarter than any one of us.” – Jim Zemlin, LINUX Foundation Remember this day: May 14, 2019. This is the day when BoxMLS announced OpenBoxMLS, the […]
Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They’re Not After You
I just spent an hour glued to the TV, absolutely fascinated by what I was seeing and hearing. And no, it wasn’t the latest episode of Game of Thrones (which […]
[VIP] Redfin Q1, 2019 Earnings: Mystery Inside an Enigma Within a Puzzle
Redfin reported its Q1/2019 results earlier today… and it’s like one of those Russian nesting dolls, except it’s a bit of a mystery inside an enigma within a puzzle kind […]
Shiva Wept: NAR Reach 2019 and Industry Mindset
A couple of weeks ago, NAR’s Second Century Ventures announced the 2019 class of companies in its REACH program. What is REACH? Here’s the official description: “The REACH® accelerator focuses […]
