The housing / lending crisis. You have your list of usual suspects. Lenders, borrowers, the government (damn Greenspan and his cheap money!). Now, of course, blame falls at the feet of real estate agents. It is a scene millions of Americans have been in —...
Well, here’s a brand new excuse for the slow real estate market: [M]any [real estate] brokers were saying it [September] was the worst month in years. I think that talk was a little dramatic considering that the bookends for the first 4 weeks of fall were Labor...
The Department of Justice is your friend. The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice launched a new Web site today to educate consumers and policymakers about the potential benefits that competition can bring to consumers of real estate brokerage services and...
There are real estate companies big and small throughout the downtown Boston area. Coldwell Banker, RE/MAX, Century 21 and Sotheby’s (through the Gibson Sotheby’s franchise) are the big names. Smaller companies do very well, though. Many of the...
The National Association of Realtors owns the registered trademark “Realtor”. What, you thought Realtor and real estate agent meant the same thing? Nope. Anyone licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is called a real estate agent (actually, a real...
Redfin entered the Boston market back in March. They started helping buyers of real estate negotiate transactions and close deals. They also helped sellers market and sell their properties (ending up with so much business that they had to close down for a week or two,...