The Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday launched a website to ostensibly "educate consumers and policymakers about the potential benefits that competition can bring to consumers of real estate brokerage services and the barriers [...]

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On Monday, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano signed SB1291 as ammended into law. This was the bill that caused much discussion here and elsewhere that, in a nutshell, originally attempted to force automated valuation model providers such as Zillow.com to stop providing estimated home valuations to our fine citizens. Also in late June, the AZ Board of Appraisal finally [...]

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Something that should be of great interest to both real estate professionals and real estate consumers is the ongoing lawsuit between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
For those not aware the DOJ has filed suit against the NAR alleging that they have established policies and pratices that are potentially anti-competitive. The DOJ [...]

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The real estate blogiverse is all abuzz about the 60 Minutes segment that aired last night featuring Glenn Kelman of Redfin.
I TiVO'ed the segment, but haven't viewed it yet. UPDATE: I watched it. Doesn't really change the gist of this post.
Why not?
Because honestly, I don't care.
Love him or loath him, Kelman is a master of [...]

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SB1291, the bill that would (as amended) ensure that Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) used by sites such as Zillow.com has passed the Arizona House and been transmitted to the Senate for consideration. After initially failing to pass the house by the required 2/3's majority on April 24, Representative Stump moved to reconsider on April 25 [...]

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