disintermediation: Redfin: Born a Discounter but always knew they were a Traditional - 04/08/08 03:10 PM

Today Redfin announced that they will offer a higher level of buyers service called Redfin Select to a limited number of clients, and for those clients they will be reducing the commission rebate offered.
I hate to see Redfin move their business model away from the edge.  The edge is cool, daring, … (17 comments)

disintermediation: The ORIGINAL Realtor® value proposition - 01/11/07 04:52 AM
Disintermediation has become a heated topic among real estate agents in the past few years. For some/many, disintermediation is synonymous with the apocalypse experienced by the travel industry. Seemingly almost overnight, travel agents across the nation and the globe saw their livelihood dwindle to embers in a field that had seemed … (20 comments)

disintermediation: Wikipedia - Disintermediation - Real Estate Industry - "Still in Progress" - 09/05/06 05:08 PM
Wikipedia says that the real estate industry is "Still in progress (due to legal or structural obstacles)" of being disintermediated.  Is it right?  What would happen if 90% of the real estate agents retired in the next six months?  
Would housing prices go down?
Would the 'time on market' go up?
Would transaction … (7 comments)

 
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