Homeowners Net More Selling to Zillow Than With a REALTOR
(Pardon me a moment while I go put on my asbestos suit for the inevitable flames coming my way.) The Zillow Group Q4/2018 earnings call yesterday was a shocker in […]
OK, I’ll take the bait: Upstream and CoreLogic are not the MLS
Rob had some good questions yesterday that many in the industry are probably asking, in “OK, I’ll Ask: How is CoreLogic Threading the Upstream Needle?” For a lot of us in […]
The Machine and the Real Estate Agent
I’m taking a break from writing my February report, and thought I’d think through something with you all. It’s not directly relevant to my Red Dot topic, but it’s so […]
HomeDate: In Which I Offer a Free Idea for Tech Entrepreneurs
I’m on a flight to Austin today for what promises to be an interesting first trip of 2019. And thinking about the January Red Dot, which led to this post. […]
Seven Predictions for 2019: K-Pop Edition
[Posted earlier at Inman News; now that it’s actually 2019, figured it was safe to post to my site for posterity.] So it turns out that I started doing musical […]
A Final Word (Hopefully) on Upstream
As you can imagine, there’s been a ton of chatter about Project Upstream and its “divorce” with Daddy NARbucks. I think I’ve gotten no fewer than three emails from consultants […]
December Red Dot: Darkness Comes – Excerpts and Special Offer
The December Red Dot, Darkness Comes: Q3 and the Rise of Redfin, is now published and live. I’m pretty proud of it, but I thought I would write this post […]
Zillow, Redfin and the Tinderization of Real Estate
I’m deep into writing the December Red Dot, which will be on the Q3 earnings calls and what they portend for the industry, but there’s an angle to this I’m […]
The Case for iBuyer Becoming the Default
Recently, I saw a thread on Facebook that referenced this post from TheStreet.com, in which Jim Cramer and Marc Chaikin just trash Zillow: Marc Chaikin, founder and CEO of Chaikin […]
Things Become Clearer: NAR vs. Zillow; C2EX vs. Best of Zillow
I’ve been busy researching and writing the November Red Dot, which has now been published. But as often happens, when I’m deep in that project, blogging gets light. I apologize. […]
