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zillow: FINALLY!!! - Bay Area MLSs "see the light" - 04/23/08 03:35 AM
In December 2006 I posted information on progress of MLS consolidation in the Bay Area:
California: MLS in Turmoil
A few month later, in my post
Who Started the Real Estate Revolution? I lamented at that time that MLS owners don't seem to understand what clients want and pointed to these companies that know: Trulia and Zillow. Many things happened since and most of the Bay Area MLSs joined either Quattro or NCREX (NCREX changed its name since to MLSListings). Despite all these changes – Quattro was in denial of the reality (clients’ demand for better public search … (3 comments)
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zillow: 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)
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zillow: Directory of my NAR and MLS related posts - 08/31/07 08:35 PM
Following are posts regarding NAR and MLS issues:
California: MLS in Turmoil - recent changes real estate market prompted MLSs to action. In the Bay Area we see the consolidation and much better responsiveness of MLS' than ever before. Why the attack against realtors? - My reply to Dan Lowery - discusses the reasons behind recent attacks on Realtors Who Started the Real Estate Revolution? - emergence of Zillow and Trulia create new market dynamics prompting MLSs to actionCan Zillow annihilate Realtors? is Zillow Realtors' ally or foe? It really doesn't matter. It has a lot to offer to clients and agents … (2 comments)
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zillow: Is your income below $12,000 per year? - 08/12/07 05:02 AM
Jim Walker (look up also his Trulia Voice profile) published the following question/request on Trulia Voice earlier today: Agents! Do you know what Nadel's 4 questions are? Read his 66 page polemic to learn to defend yourselves.
For those who don’t know, Mr. Nadel is an attorney/policy adviser with the federal government who published a paper on real estate commissions. Jim sees it as a must read for those who “want to understand the attempts to undermine real estate brokerage, in order to understand the rate cutters arguments, or to defend your profession”. I agree with Jim on the “must … (17 comments)
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zillow: GOOD and BAD about NAR: Can we fix NAR? - 07/15/07 05:50 AM
Reading Instructions: If you are a NAR member, please take your “NAR hat” off and read this post as an individual. This post does not intend to offend anyone. Many of you feel strongly on this subject on either side of the issue and I certainly respect it. I will tell you when it is time to put your NAR hat back.
Recently the he U.S. District Court in Chicago allowed the Department of Justice (DOJ) suit against NAR to proceed. The key point – DOJ alleges that NAR discriminates against brokers using non-traditional business models, “denying them the full benefits … (50 comments)
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zillow: Should agents be ranked and if yes, by whom? - 07/13/07 06:08 AM
As I mentioned in my post “Can Zillow Annihilate Realtors?”, Zillow is planning to launch agent ranking system. This is really what I wanted to talk about, but somehow I drifted to prospects of our annihilation by Zillow.
Do clients need to find out how agent ranks by accessing Zillow (or any other site for that matter) today? Aren’t market results (numbers of sold homes) transparent enough when we drive through neighborhood on Sunday afternoon and read agents signs? Before I answer this question, let me remind you how clients were finding agents in pre-Internet age and how agents were ranked … (20 comments)
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zillow: Can Zillow annihilate Realtors? - 07/12/07 06:03 AM
I have just read the post by Greg Swann, BloodhoundRealty.com Zillow.com to launch Realtor rating system Greg is a superb writer, so it doesn’t matter how bad news he might be writing about, you will enjoy Greg’s rhetoric more than your will fear its possible meaning. Yes, I don’t see Zillow to be conscious benefactor of Realtors, however I don’t believe that it is in Zillow’s, Trulia’s or Redfin’s power to damage Realtors in a long run. Only we can achieve this! But joking on the side – as I pointed out in my recent post
Who Started the Real Estate … (16 comments)
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zillow: Who Started the Real Estate Revolution? - 07/01/07 03:26 AM
My vote goes to two companies, Zillow and Trulia. To be more precise, I believe that revolution started shortly after dot.com collapse (2001?). There were new efforts undertaken by a number of dot com companies, but other than spectacular collapse of a few over funded start ups, there is not much that can be attributed to the period before 2001. But the end of dot com era caused a tremendous influx of talented people, including large numbers of developers to real estate. Over last several years we are witnessing development of new technologies and process automation. Progressive MLSs embraced new capabilities, … (13 comments)
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zillow: One-stop shop in real estate - 07/01/07 01:46 AM
A client asked if there is a single MLS to search listings at, as she is trying to find a “one stop shop” in real estate.
Here is my reply:
There is no real "one-stop shop" in residential real estate. Realtor.com comes close but, even they don't have all data as some local MLS' opted not to display their data via Realtor. For your information, there are 900 MLS out there and until recently they didn’t see any advantage in sharing data. Your other option is to look to large brokers search engines, such as Coldwell Banker, Re-Max or Prudential. They … (6 comments)
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zillow: 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)
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zillow: California: MLS in Turmoil - 12/18/06 12:52 AM
Arrival of new companies such as Zillow, Trulia and many others innovators put pressure on MLS to adapt. Known for stifling innovation through its bureaucracy MLS realize that if they don't change clients might choose alternative ways to list, sell and buy properties. Please check my posts MLS In Turmoil Public Access to SFAR MLS Goes Away MLS Turmoil Continues - Northwest MLS get rids of Realtor.com to read about reasons behind the turmoil and possible consequences. For now customers are winning as market changes are pressuring MLS to change. We see a rapid scramble to consolidation and hopefully the astronomic … (6 comments)
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