Fake Housing News? More Like a Missing Decimal Point Nearly 15 million homes sold nationwide in April, May and June, according to new data released last week by the Commerce Department and National Association of Realtors.” –“2020 is the Summer of Booming Home Sales ” and Evictions”; The Washington Post (7/27/2020). Maybe it was due...Read More
Date of Party, Per Invite: “December 5th-6th” You know someone’s planning a BIG party when the invite actually straddles two calendar dates. Fortunately (unfortunately?), Edina Realty – City Lakes’ 2018 Holiday Party is “only” on December 5. The explanation? The invite gives the time and date as “December 5th-6 TO 9 p.m.,” and I misread...Read More
Realtor Typo’s — Exhibit A Notice anything amiss in the just-listed Wayzata condo? Realtors will. That’s because, instead of the standard 2.7% payout — the commission offered to the Buyer’s agent — the listing broker is promising to pay a whopping 22.7%(!!). Here’s guessing that that gets corrected in the next few hours . ....Read More
Blast email: “Buyer Need — Deer Run, Victoria” I couldn’t figure out why an Edina Realty office manager was broadcasting — via email to 2,100+ Edina agents this week — what initially looked like “Buyer Need — Beer Run.” Then I re-read the email; it actually said, “Buyer Need — Deer Run, Victoria.” My bad (good?) ....Read More
“Amazon recorded $35.75 billion in sales in last year’s final three months, up from $29.3 billion in the year-earlier period. Analysts, however, were expecting $36 billion in sales and net income of $754 million, or $1.56 a share. For the year, Amazon reported sales of $107 million, topping the $100 million mark for the first...Read More
Jay Leno “Headlines” My favorite bit from Leno’s “Headlines” segment last Monday: the picture of a “For Sale” home with a banner headline “Reduded!” prominently displayed above it. According to Leno, at least, that’s what you call a home occupied by a “dude,” that then got a full makeover. “Dude,” Defined Which recalls one of the funnier stand-up...Read More
