Polls
Local -vs- National MLS: May ‘07 POLL
May 1, 2007 by REALonomics · Leave a Comment
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?
PLEASE POST YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS HOT TOPIC.
PLEASE POST YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS HOT TOPIC.
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The PREZ & the RE Industry – a POLL
April 10, 2007 by REALonomics · Leave a Comment
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.
DOJ -vs- NAR, the Poll
April 7, 2007 by REALonomics · Leave a Comment
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:
- suppressing technology innovation
- reducing competition on price and quality
- restricting efficient competition among brokers
- making express or tacit collusion more likely; and
- 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.
REALonomics Polls Begin
April 3, 2007 by REALonomics · 4 Comments
REALonomics has been watching the blogs and the wires. Opinions about the impact of the Sub Prime lending problem run the spectrum. So, we decided to poll readers. Polls will become a new category of REALonomics.net. Watch for the hotest polls on a variety of subjects. Cast you vote…leave a comment…recommend a poll.
What’s your opinion about the impact the sub-prime lending problem will have on real estate sales throughout 2007? Please indicate your vote below.
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