What’s the Value of Agent-to-Agent Relationships?

  Heard a story the other night from a friend who is a REALTOR(R), while talking about the hot hot seller’s market we’re in now in many places around the country. (As an aside, doesn’t this mean that early 2013 is not a great time to buy?) Apparently, she had a house on the market … Read more

What's the Value of Agent-to-Agent Relationships?

  Heard a story the other night from a friend who is a REALTOR(R), while talking about the hot hot seller’s market we’re in now in many places around the country. (As an aside, doesn’t this mean that early 2013 is not a great time to buy?) Apparently, she had a house on the market … Read more

[PREMIUM] Followup #1 to Strategic Analysis Report: Zillow, Trulia, Move

Since publishing the Strategic Analysis on Zillow, Trulia, and Move — as well as prepublication, from comments — I’ve gotten some further information and clarification from all three companies that could be useful and interesting to consider. They “add color” in the language of Wall Street analysts. I don’t believe that this new information changes … Read more

Uh, Oops… Notorious is NOT a Pay-Only Blog

So, um, I just started a premium content service, with my first piece on Zillow, Trulia, and Realtor.com just published. Then I noticed in the settings for my paid content plugin that I had made a major boo-boo, and was sending everyone to a “Show Me the Money” page when they clicked on the post … Read more

[PROMO] Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com: A Strategic Analysis Report

The 2012 results for the Big Three publicly traded real estate portals — Zillow, Trulia, and Realtor.com (Move, Inc.) have been filed, and their senior executives have endured the grilling by Wall Street analyst types. There have been volumes of words already written about them, by financial analysts, by finance bloggers, by real estate industry … Read more