Ar_home_b_search
 



mls turmoil: NCREX and Quattro are here. Is it to little to late? - 09/13/07 03:13 AM
At the end of last year in my post “MLS in Turmoil” I wrote about rush to consolidation in the San Francisco Bay Area caused by enthusiastic reply of clients to services from Trulia and Zillow. Just this week one of the two efforts I mentioned then – NCREX – came to fruition.
I said at that time that:
“Within a few months, we will most likely be able to receive all real estate data in Northern California from 2 sources, NCREX and Quattro. Quattro is a new MLS data-sharing initiative among San Francisco Association of Realtors (SFAR), Bay Area Real … (0 comments)

mls turmoil: Call for Supplanting NAR - 08/31/07 03:10 AM
Greg Swann, created another interesting post Bloodhound Blog:
Supplanting the National Association of Realtors will turn it into a toothless vampire overnight Greg's post was triggered by another call of the Minnesota Association of Realtors for some of its members to quit to give other members a chance to make money (doesn't it reminds you the Animal Farm's statement that some people or more equal than others?). Greg calls for supplanting NAR and argues that:
"What is needed is an analogue to the Underwriters Laboratories for residential real estate agents, an objectively determined standard of excellence — hard to … (8 comments)

mls turmoil: Why the attack against realtors? - My reply to Dan Lowery - 06/26/07 04:40 AM
Dan Lowery posted a following question: “Why the attack against realtors?” http://activerain.com/blogsview/130113/Why-the-attack-toward
In Poland where I was born we have a proverb "there is no fire without a smoke". It certainly applies well to our (agents and brokers) situation. There are many reasons (often justifiable) why people pick up on real estate professionals. The interesting question is, why now? Why now Realtors became a "hunt of the day"?  Here are some reasons as I see them:
Perception that Realtors hold a grip on the real estate market and do not allow low cost alternatives (it is irrelevant if it is … (4 comments)

 
Urbanski2a Rainmaker_large

Artur Urbanski

Burlingame, CA

More about me…

Cimpler Real Estate, Inc.

Address: 533 Airport Blvd., 4th Fl., Burlingame, CA, 94010

Office Phone: (650) 401-2245

Cell Phone: (415) 672-5051

Email Me

MLS evolution, key driving factors, new companies providing innovative services and products, local news from Burlingame and the San Francisco Peninsula.


Listings

Links

Archives

RSS 2.0 Feed for this blog