Chris Snowbeck on Hijacked Listings Chris Snowbeck has a nice piece on hijacked listings on the Pioneer Press’ Web site today. He goes beyond my posts on the subject with quotes from a few good, industry sources, and provides nice background and a national context. He also credited me with flagging the subject on this...Read More
Mpls. Leads 20-City Index with 3.2% Gain According to Case-Shiller’s August statistics, Minneapolis showed the best appreciation of 20 markets nationally, with a 3.2% increase (the raw number increased from 118.87 in July to 122.66 in August). So what does that mean? I don’t put too much stock in it, for two reasons: 1) a...Read More
Realtors & Overpriced Listings “I will not take an overpriced listing.”“I will not take an overpriced listing.”“I will not take an overpriced listing”“I will not take an overpriced listing.” Four down, 496 to go. There are many, many reasons it’s a bad idea for a Realtor to take an overpriced listing. Here are four of...Read More