Selling a home - MLS of LI - Long Island, NY - Two Questions... - 06/10/09 05:50 PM
1. Is it permissible to co-list a home with agents and/or brokers from two different firms?
2. Is their a way to search MLS (of LI) to find which agents or brokers have sold the most homes in a given town during a specific timeframe?
TIA,
Ken
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HVCC CALL TO ACTION - 06/10/09 07:59 AM
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June 9, 2009
HVCC CALL TO ACTION
To:      All Mortgage Brokers, Real Estate Agents, Appraisers, Lenders, Home Builders, Title Agents, and ConsumersFrom:  Marc Savitt, President- National Association of Mortgage Brokers
After more than a year of exhaustive negotiations with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Director of FHFA (GSE Regulator) James Lockhart, and NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, NAMB believes the time has come for your individual voice to be heard.
In order for this "Call to Action" to be effective, we ask that you fully participate, encourage others to join the … (3 comments)

Paired Sales/Matched Pairs - A flawed technique... - 06/08/09 07:59 AM
One or a few matched pairs is hardly conclusive proof of a market trend.  
Matched pairs are flawed as at technique and essentially meaningless because they can achieve ANY result you want them to by simply searching for a pair that supports your desired conclusion.
It is always a treat in litigation consultation/support to get an appraiser on the other side using paired sales to prove an idiotic (inflated or deflated) adjustment and then "pair"  his or her other sales for the same component or other components.
Years ago, when I did my narratives to earn my former SRA and IFA … (7 comments)