“Voting” your Home, or Your 401(k)?New York Times business columnist Floyd Norris has a provocative piece today titled “Housing Prices and McCain”: http://norris.blogs.nytimes.com/ Norris’ premise is that Obama defections are likeliest in “red” states where home prices have dropped the most. Could be, although you’d be hard-pressed to isolate just one factor in causing a...Read More
What Do Realtors Really Get Paid For?[Note: this post is a companion to “Do Realtors Really Add Value?] If all realtors did was chauffeur clients around, realtors should — and would — make what chauffeurs do: about $20 an hour. But what realtors really do — at least in their capacity as listing agents representing...Read More