5/8/25: Larry Edelman wrote, "Last Friday marked 50 years since “May Day” — Day NY Stock Exchange ended fixed-rate commissions"
Subheadline below reads, "Despite legal settlements & new rules, home sellers are still footing same 5-6% fees."
Will paltry payouts turn into future payback?
#Save_10K
#RECALL: Applauded when @BostonGlobe & @WBUR did media buzz when @MassGovernor signed broker fee ban requiring whoever engages rental broker to pay their fee
Why no coverage of mlspinsettlement.com claim deadline 12/15/25 when similar realignment coming on sales?
Call 833-933-6273 to file claim!
#RECALL: Mass homeowners, did you buy trade-up home or downsize to a smaller home or condo over past decade?
Getting those annual greeting cards or gifts from your listing agent?
Any mention payout you might be eligible to get from class action lawsuit:
mlspinsettlement.com
Call 833-933-6273
Financial therapist Aja Evans observes oppositional tone that caused friction in this couple's househunt
When Chantal says "I'm coming in w/ facts," Ava says "sounds defensive"
Host @ReemaKhrais adds "Not a problem you & your partner tackle together"
Use collage to cocreate #UUtopia visionboard?
BRAVO! Glad @GlobeHomes republished @debra_kamin expose in @nytimes.com
#DOJvsNAR goal = CONSUMER SAVINGS on transaction costs & sales prices (down 4th consecutive mo. in MA)
#100M/mo. in potential commission savings up for grabs in MA alone!
@MassAGO add consumer harm to #MassREBoard mtg 3/19/25
Imagine author is on a book tour, do any venues offer virtual participation or are previous appearances already available online?
If so, please post link(s).
Beyond zoning, does the book address #LandlordNation & #WealthHoarding?
Impact of Trump's #FauxTaxREform 2017? Implications if extended?
After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
#RECALL: @warren.senate.gov Does your office have events planned for National Consumer Protection Week / #NCPW 3/2-8/25?
Invite #BuyerAgents & consumer advocates outraged by #DOGE attack on HUD & Consumer Financial Protection Bureau / #CFPB to speak up
or DM
realestatecafe.com/how-are-poli...
I know everyone's focused on NVDA today, but in the weekly housing market data we're also noticing potential that home prices turn negative soon.
Here's this week's Altos / HousingWire market data thread
➡️ At $421k, the median price of the active listings is 0.7% below last year at this time.
MA shares CA's desire to streamline permitting & has settled on 900SF by right (or half lot size whichever is smaller).
#EOHLC inviting public comment thru 1/10/25. Next Zoom, 12/16/24:
Hope local pushback on short-term rentals leaves room for grandparent visits
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
State of MA following CA's lead but #EOHLC projecting just 8-10,000 units in 1st 5 years?
Why just 2,000/yr when est. 950,000 lots = ADU eligible
What lessons can be learned from "ADU Boom" in CA?
"..[CA] has seen more than 113,000 ADU permits issued from 2017 to 2023" - @Dwell Mag
bit.ly/49zLWpd
About this time in 1992, a keynote speaker who regulated the real estate industry in NY told Consumer Federation of America's Financial Services Conference that
"Real estate is the Sleeping Giant of the Consumer Movement"
Now Debra Kamin is under attack for exposing the #RECartel:
bit.ly/4fZamel
Did sensationalized media bias play role normalizing BLIND bidding wars #100KoverAsk during #GreatREPanic?
Nov 2024: Nearly one MLS listing a day sold 30% or more OFF original asking price across MA
2.5 MLS listings sold daily for $300K or more OFF
#Intend2Buy? Discuss #DefensiveHomebuying?
#RECALL: "People who are making $100K/year in Boston cannot afford housing?
Something very, very wrong with market that's producing that housing."
So far, no comment on tax policies that rewarded real estate investors - extracted #AffordableHousing?
Will #LandLordNation get worse under Trump 2.0?
Session began w/ Q: More effective housing policies at state or local level?
#ADUbyRight = example of state policy unleashing local response, not from developers who build at scale, but intergenerational HH's who had been grieving fact that #GenerationPricedOut couldnt afford to live in hometown
#PriceCorrection: Remember #BiddingWar Madness & frontpage story in @bostonglobe.com about homes selling
#100KoverAsk?
Now, across MA during 11/24, 2.5X more homes sold #100K_OFF vs Over. 1 in 11 sales were $89K/+ OFF NET
1 in 10 listings sold at least #10Pct_OFF statewide
1 in 8 sold 8.9%/+ OFF
