Top 5 real estate posts of the day for Thursday 5/20/2009
1) When the bottom arrives, a flood of “shadow inventory”? – If the bottom of the market is here in many of the hardest hit real estate markets, will a flood of home sellers keep the market lower? As many as 1/3 of homebuyers say they will at least consider selling their home if the real estate market shows signs of recovering.
2) Questions on new NAR Code of Ethics policy – The National Association of Realtors has adopted new policies to curb Realtors from making false or misleading statements about competitors in the use social media tools.
3) You have full permission to advertise my listings – Jay Thompson sums up the MIBOR/IDX debate perfectly, if he has a listing you have his permission to advertise his listing for him on an IDX…. after all, aren’t we hired to sell the property for the home owner?
4) No more free lunch! Understanding the National Association of Realtors all the way down to your bones… – Greg never pulls punches when talking about NAR. To say, “I support the NAR,” you must be willing to say, “I am proud to be a thief, proud to enrich myself at the expense of my neighbors and my own children, proud to beggar an entire nation of once-free people — provided I get mine!”
5) Ten tips to remember when working with buyers – A good list of things we need to be doing when working with buyers.
