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Best pricing strategy these days: smoke and mirrors or a good product? 11/15/08
Trading lots of cynicism for a few fine sentiments. 11/08/08
"It's simple. It's just numbers." 11/1/08
This time: worse, better, about the same, or all the above? 10/28/08
Carriers of contagion. 10/25/08
September, the new "cruelest month"? 10/18/08
Solution to the financial crisis: spaghetti programming. 10/11/08
Sellers, get your list price right. 10/4/08
Four reasons I'm 100% certain we'll get through this. I think. 10/01/08
More talk, but not more truth. 9/27/08
The low-ball offer: slick maneuver or heavy blunt instrument? 9/20/08
And thanks for sharing! 9/13/08
What goes around usually keeps coming around. 9/6/08
What do first-time buyers really want? 8/30/08
The new real estate landscape: it's a jungle out there. 8/23/08
Zestimates: home valuations designed for Mr. Spock. 8/16/08
Great schools by the numbers. 8/9/08
Here, the mortgage crisis is bottom-heavy. 8/2/08
Making sense of market indicators, part 5: absorption. 7/26/08
Times ask for profundities, get everything but. 7/19/08
Making sense of market indicators, part 4: bid. 7/12/08
George F. Babbitt, real estate broker and bogeyman. 7/5/08
Making sense of market indicators, part 3: sales price. 6/28
One less reason to hate real estate agents. 6/21/08
Has the market really bottomed? 6/10/08
Making sense of market indicators, part 2: days on market. 6/14/08
How would you report this? 6/7/08
Making sense of market indicators, part 1: sales. 5/31/08
Quick take on short sales and foreclosures. 5/24/08
Car salesperson? Real estate agent? What's the difference? 5/17/08
The spreadsheet guerillas strike again. 5/10/08
Yahoo! or Gotcha!? 5/3/08
There they go again. 4/26/08
How has the credit crunch affected local home prices? 4/19/08
Look in the mirror and say hello to your competition. 4/12/08
The new "jumbo lights": silver bullet or big bust? 4/5/08
Some recent—and huge—changes in home lending. 3/29/08
Fired real estate reporter: prima donna or martyr to the cause? 3/22/08
Where are home prices? Depends on who you ask, and on what they look at. 3/15/08
An odd little real estate story, even by newspaper standards. 3/8/08
Maybe it's me, but someone doesn't get it. 3/1/08
The role of the insider in an age with no mysteries. 2/23/08
Cold as a banker's heart. 2/16/08
ABC News waves wand, turns "low overhead" into "upscale". 1/1/08
Sleazeballs 1, Distinguished Academics 0. 12/31/07
Redfin, renegades and engineer-worship. 12/29/07
The heresies of an economist. 12/28/07
Data don't lie, but sometimes they mumble. 12/26/07
Pandora's box and dangerous thoughts. 12/23/07
Answering today's top three real estate questions. 12/20/07
Born to regulate. 12/18/07
Identifying the real "friction" in the system. 12/17/07
One socio-economic crisis, hold the moralizing. 12/15/07
A bubblehead lets his hair down. 12/14/07
Shut up and sign: "Don't ask, don't tell" comes to real estate. 12/13/07
"The fine print giveth, and the fine print taketh away." 11/29/07
"Green" pools: foreclosure factoid or new urban legend? 11/25/07
"Pumped-up prices" and "the devil made me do it". 11/3/07
What's next? A DOJ bubble blog? 11/2/07
Anatomy of a market in distress. 11/1/07
The Blame Game™, 2007 Edition. 9/11/07
Prudent buyer seeks real estate market with potential. 9/8/07
Is home buying impulse buying? 9/3/07
More than a game, less than a war. 9/3/07
Real estate reporter mad as hell, not going to take it anymore. 8/2/07
Buyers! Time that market! 7/30/07
Sellers! Hold out for top dollar! 7/27/07
Do consumers get the real estate marketplace they ask for? 7/26/07
Real estate is local—very local. Very local. 7/26/07
An economist gets "naked", down and dirty. 7/25/07
Why not use the listing agent to make your offer? 7/11/07
A noted value investor looks at real estate. 7/3/07
Leveling the ol' playing field. 7/2/07
New Look! New Focus! Bigger Teeth! 7/2/07
Is home buying conspicuous consumption? 6/10/07
Diary of a midlife crisis. 6/9/07
Whole lotta tragedy goin' on. 5/9/07
"It looks like foreclosures are here to stay!" 4/22/07
Envy, nuanced markets and pajama journalism. 4/19/07
"Mad genius" predicts end is near. 4/19/07
Another big (and direct) hit from "60 Minutes". 1/14/07
A look back at 2006, and a look ahead. 1/7/07
Looking for truth in all the wrong places. 11/26/06
A voice crying in the wilderness. 11/25/06
Real estate auctions: Next big thing or next pets.com? 11/24/06
So you wanna to be a part-time rock’n’roll star. 11/23/06
They're rolling back prices! 11/16/06
"Bubble-proof markets." 11/15/06
Hey! It's a buyer's market! Buy something! 11/14/06
Time to run "nattering nabobs of negativism" up the flagpole again? 11/04/06
Real estate, rock 'n' roll and the buyers who love them. 10/29/06
Buyer's market? Yes and no. Maybe no. 10/19/06
Selling in the post-Katrina market. 9/14/06
Taking a GlobeXplorer view of real estate. 8/28/06
This risk avoidance stuff can be risky. 8/26/06
Rentals redux. 8/26/06
Buyers, be sure you know which bus you're waiting for. 8/25/06
When do things get back to normal? 7/22/06
A healthy antidote to Someday-I'll-Make-A-Fortune Syndrome. 7/7/06
BoycottHousing.com: old idea, new packaging. 7/11/06
Real estate the "online community" way. 6/26/07
The back story behind the strong numbers. 6/3/06
What's needed: a money-back guarantee, a disclaimer or a warning label? 5/29/06
A tale of two markets: which is the future? 5/28/06
The rental market: there's something big out there. 5/11/06
Bubble talk: Cause or symptom of a declining market? 2/7/06
Sellers, is the first offer you get the best? 2/5/06
The additional challenges agents face when selling condos. 2/5/06
The benefits of home ownership: Better life! Fresher breath! 2/3/06
What's the payback for remodeling before you sell? 1/26/06
Buyer or seller, put the ball in play. 1/25/06
It's war out there: the buyers' perspective. 1/25/06
Should I sell my home "as is", or fix it up? 1/25/06
Benchmarks with baggage. 1/25/06
The Rodney Dangerfield of real estate markets. 1/24/06
Sellers, stage your home for fun and profit. 1/24/06
How many economists does it take to "get" a real estate market? 1/24/06
If today is great, won't tomorrow be even better? 1/24/06
Is now a good time to sell, or should I wait? 1/24/06
Is now a good time to buy, or should I wait? 1/23/06
The new thinking behind setting your home's list price. 1/23/06
Having work done to your home? Take a close look at who does it. 1/22/06
Three tips to help buyers hit the bull's eye: Focus, focus, focus. 1/22/06
Sixty-seven would-be buyers, one beat-up house. 1/22/06
What buyers and sellers need to know about the loan pre-approval letter. 1/22/06
Searching for the soft underbelly of the market. 1/22/06
Am I too late to the party? 1/22/06
Real estate market or stock market, be very afraid of "this time, it's different". 1/22/06
Are some areas better investments than others? 1/21/06
Buyer beware? These days it's "seller beware". 1/21/06
Too good to be true? Could be a clue. 1/21/06
Are condos and townhouses a poor investment? 1/21/06
Learn the context of real estate:
Welcome to my world. 7/25/07
Real estate illusion and reality. 7/25/07
Real estate boiled down to its fundamentals. 1/1/07
Know what you don't know about real estate. 7/2/07
The real estate business model, part 1: friend or foe? 7/2/07
The real estate business model, part 2: let’s see that train wreck again, in slow motion. 7/2/07
The real estate business model, part 3: tragedy and farce in three acts. 7/8/07
The real estate business model, part 4: it’s a funny business. 7/2/07
The real estate business model, part 5: real estate reform. 7/2/07
Bubblehead trilogy: the movement. 6/29/07
Bubblehead trilogy: the manifesto. 6/28/07
Bubblehead trilogy: the messenger. 6/29/07
Bubblehead trilogy: the postscript. 6/29/07