Looking at stats is great. Numbers give any predictions that you make a more solid footing. But the thing with statistics- real estate included- is that the numbers discuss what has already occurred.
Predictions are always uncertain. Economists will look at the same numbers and come up with different conclusions- and the thing is, someone will [...]

Inspired by House Hawker or Trusted Adviser? by Rob Hahn

The effects of the economy on the housing market – and vice versa – have not been consistently predicted. I think that very few people correctly predicted the length of time that housing values have been in decline, and I seriously doubt that anyone can look [...]

I sit here writing this looking out at my driveway at my gas guzzler, which I should have traded in when the Cash For Clunkers program was going on. I had thought that the program was such a good idea that it would be extended. What really happened was that it ran out of money [...]

There has been a grassroots initiative in the making among real estate professionals with the purpose of improving the industry- raising the bar, so to speak. This is the twitter stream about the initiative, tagged #rtb, which is mostly between real estate professionals:
// Without a doubt, industries that do not try to change and [...]

You have a house. You need to move. Although it hurts, you have priced it where the market analysis suggests. You list it. What next?
What’s  next is probably the single most important piece of the puzzle.
If I were selling my house today, I would want to know exactly where it was being advertised. MLSPIN listings [...]