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Most Significant Issue

The current REALonomics poll will continue to run until the first week of December after which a new poll will be posted.

REALonomics invites you to become a poll participant. You are invited to participate in the current poll addressing this question:

Which issue is the most significant facing the real estate industry today?

The current slate of answers is listed in the poll, together with their running totals. Did you know you can submit your own poll answer?

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Popularity: 27% [?]

R.E. INDUSTRY ISSUES POLL

The real estate industry is facing many significant and challenging issues today, any of which could be called a “watershed issue.”

This is a tough poll, if only because only one answer is allowed and because the issues facing the real estate industry are more complex than simply one issue. As we all know, few issues stand in isolation. SEE THE POLL TO THE RIGHT.

However, REALonomics would like to see what the readership believes is the “most significant” issue facing the real estate industry today and we are forcing you to pick just one or, if you prefer, you may add your own.

As with any of the However, REALonomics polls, you can always post commentary to further enhance your position and spur further thought.

Did you see the results of the last poll? We had 372 votes cast in response to the question, “Which brand has highest consumer recognition nationally?” The results of the top four vote getters were:

1. Keller Williams
2. ReMax
3. Century 21
4. Coldwell Banker

Cast your vote in the current poll. Post your comment about the poll. Suggest a new poll topic.

Popularity: 32% [?]

The REALonomics Polls are now an official staple of this blog and each month we will sponsor a featured polling topic.

Our polls have a great new feature. Voters have the option to select one of the REALonomics poll answers or, if they prefer, they may submit their own poll answers, thus creating an open polling model, where all sides and possibilities can be considered.

The May, 2007 poll addresses the value of the Multiple Listing Service versus a national MLS to your business and the consumer. More specifically, do you believe your local association’s exclusive control of property data represents the optimal methodology for providing property information to Broker/Owners, agents and the consumer?

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Ladies and gentlemen…the President of the United States! In 2008, we will have a new Prez and with him/her will come the all too predictable changing of the guard throughout the Washingon establishment and its vast bureaucracies. Brand new flow charts will be printed, distributed by memoranda and inserted into three ring binders.

What impact will the presidential election have on the real estate industry. Among the following major candidates (sorted aphabetically by last name), whose policies do you think will be most supportive of the real estate industry’s agendas?

This is the final REALonomics poll in the trilogy of polls for April, 2007. Each month REALonomics hopes to run at least one hot poll that will guage the industry with respect to it contemporary issues.

Polls are now a part of REALonomics.net. Watch for the hotest polls on a variety of subjects. Cast your vote…leave a comment…recommend a poll.

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On September 5, 2005, the Department of Justice (DOJ Anti-Trust Division) filed suit in the US District Court of Illinois against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) for restraint of trade under the Sherman Act.

Essentially, the DOJ’s complaint charged that NAR’s policies for use of property information on the Internet were too restrictive and non-competitive in that they force participants into unfair trade practices. The suit states “the aforesaid contract, combination, or conspiracy has had and will continue to have anticompentitive effects in the relevant markets, including:

1. suppressing technology innovation
2. reducing competition on price and quality
3. restricting efficient competition among brokers
4. making express or tacit collusion more likely; and
5. raising barriers to entry

REALonomics is tracking the DOJ -vs- NAR suit and is now polling its readers about this action. Assuming the DOJ is successful in its suit against NAR, what impact will it have on property information access and commission fees? Please post your vote in the follow poll.

Polls are now a part of REALonomics.net. Watch for the hotest polls on a variety of subjects. Cast your vote…leave a comment…recommend a poll.

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Popularity: 48% [?]