Somebody Call 911: Thoughts on the Opendoor + Zillow Partnership
August 7, 2022
I was at Inman doing the #lobbycon thing when Opendoor and Zillow both released their 2Q/2022 earnings. So I saw the news about the multi-year
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On Opendoor’s Settlement with the FTC
August 1, 2022
It appears that Opendoor has preemptively caved in to the Federal Trade Commission, agreeing to a consent order. As is usually the case, the Complaint
Desperately Seeking Housing Collapse
July 7, 2022
Over the past few weeks, there has been a flurry of posts, articles, tweets, and other expressions of… what to call them… predictions? opinions? studies?
Overvalued Housing Markets and the Great Migration 2.0
June 13, 2022
In Fortune, we get this story about 40 regional housing markets that are super overvalued where home prices might fall over the next year: Among
Four Horsemen of the Housing Apocalypse, Part 3: On a Black Horse – Recession
June 12, 2022
In part 1, we covered legal and regulatory challenges to the real estate industry. In part 2, we covered the insane money printing that has
Finally. No Bid on MBS.
June 11, 2022
From my friend Kevin Oakley, I see this news on Twitter: Kevin Oakley on Twitter: “https://t.co/FTcmvQa2GX? @AliWolfEcon @robhahn / Twitter” https://t.co/FTcmvQa2GX? @AliWolfEcon @robhahn The linked
Thoughts on the Crypto Crash, Blockchain, and the Real World
May 13, 2022
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve now seen, heard about, or personally experienced the market crash that happened and is happening right now.
The 9th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of PLS.com v. NAR Lawsuit
April 26, 2022
Suddenly, it’s become like legal issue week here at Notorious. I wrote about the entirely expected certification of class action status in Sitzer v. NAR
Reading Tea Leaves: Class-Action Status in Sitzer v. NAR
April 25, 2022
A number of readers have sent me the news and the actual opinion from the court hearing Sitzer v. NAR (Case No. 19-CV-00332-SRB), in which
