31 years ago, Ralph Nader delivered his first speech to the New England Association of Buyer Agents. In retrospect, it was a "Coming of Age" for buyer agents and an occasion Nader used to call for a consumer movement in housing. Unfortunately,

FLASHBACK: May 2022, has full-blown price correction run its course?

Jul 19th, 2023 5m 14s

Recorded May 2022, does the uptick in prices being reported 13 months after this recording signal the end of #PriceCorrection2022 or a seasonal distortion before heading into a deeper downtown? Taking a #RETimeOut waiting for more data that wil

30 years after buyer agency movement co-opted, is stage set for long-overdue Consumer Movement in Housing?

Oct 26th, 2022 7m 4s

October 28th marks the 30th anniversary of Ralph Nader's first speech to buyer agents. At the time, buyer agents were the rising stars of the real estate industry because they were committed to protecting and empowering millions of homebuyer c

Intergenerational perspectives on the housing bubble: learning from past real estate cycles

May 30th, 2022 10m 37s

It’s only been a few days since recording this conversation with my daughter, and in that timeframe Fortune Magazine has published a story warning that a “full blown” price correction is already unfolding. Another leading real estate data provi

Listing agents using "Underpricing-As-A-Strategy" to generate #FakeFrenzy?

May 15th, 2022 4m 54s

#PriceCorrection2022: After documenting a record high 1 in 7 MLS listings selling $100,000 or more over asking price, decided to tour open houses in one of the strongest housing markets in the Northeast, Cambridge Massachusetts & it's neighbor

Terrible irony or Big Shaft? Why are 1 in 7 homebuyers paying $100K over ask when the Boston housing market is 14% overpriced?

May 13th, 2022 3m 44s

The housing divide is pulling Massachusetts apart, that's the headline affordable housing advocates are calling required in yesterday's Boston Globe. But behind Kara Miller's column, The Big Idea, is a sequel to the movie, The Big Short unfold

Call for Content to Protect Homebuyers, NCPW - National Consumer Protection Week, 3/6-12/22

Feb 9th, 2022 30m 37s

National Consumer Protection Week, 3/6-12/22 is dedicated to educating & protecting consumers, but content related to housing & real estate has been notably absent in the past. Beyond #Homebuying101, are there urgent issues that need to be add

Empowering Sellers to DSIY — Do Some of It Yourself

Dec 6th, 2019 3m

A decade ago, 9 out of 10 first-time home sellers considered selling For Sale By Owner or FSBO. A more recent source estimated that number at 7 out of 10, but the National Association of Realtors claim that less than 1 in 10 actually sell on th

Lost Cambridge: From the People’s Republic to Puopon Republic

May 23rd, 2019 5m 58s

Median single-family home in Cambridge is now $1.57M. What else have we lost?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/re2020/support

iBuyers disrupting agency duties & affordability

Jul 18th, 2018 3m 59s

One issue stands above others from the first day of ICSF, and that’s the negative impact iBuyers are having on the role of the real estate agent and the obligation of society to provide a range of affordable housing opportunities to the next ge

Using #realestateFTCDOJ & #ICSF18 to revisit #RE2020

Jul 16th, 2018 4m 52s

Can real estate innovators & housing activists use podcasting to spread the “rising affordable housing movement” as @TheNation called it? Let’s use #ICSF18, a leading #RETech conference this week in SF, to update testimony on anti-competitive p

Coming soon: Consumer r/Evolution in Real Estate

Mar 23rd, 2018 2m 57s

Countdown to 25th Anniversary of the Consumer Revolution in Real Estate: The Facebook privacy breach has exposed the need to move past agency disclosure to “Information Fiduciaries.” As mega-brokers morph into data companies, let’s talk about “

Tax Reform: Impact on Housing?

Nov 27th, 2017 3m 26s

Is uncertainty about the proposed tax reform causing homebuyers to put their house hunts on hold, at least temporarily? That's what a real estate agent asked in a leading agent-to-agent Facebook. Listen to our perspective and share yours by re

Best/Worst of #RealEstate ‘17

Nov 26th, 2017 4m

Invite listeners to share their thoughts about the Best of / Worst of Real Estate during the past year from the consumer’s perspective. Am particularly interested in hearing from homebuyers & sellers in Greater Boston about their thoughts for

From CustomerTech to HousingID

Nov 1st, 2017 3m 40s

Can #CustomerTech to create Super Powers for homebuyers? Let’s start with #HousingID, MeetUp at @NARannual in Chicago 11/2-6, #Nader in Boston 11/8 or collaborate on #RE2020 http://bit.ly/RE2020HsgID--- Support this podcast: https://podcast

Ask Sen. Warren Real Estate Qs

Aug 25th, 2017 3m 58s

Homebuyers, housing & real estate consumer advocates, bypass the overflow crowd at Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Town Hall by asking Q's on anchor. What policies needed to create more affordable housing?--- Support this podcast: https://podcaster

RELeadTips asks What's RE2020?

Aug 5th, 2017 3m 19s

Glad to receive 1st call on @Anchor from prolific real estate growth hacker, @Za_Hammer, aka Real Estate Lead Tips who asks "What's RE2020?" (Addressed that Q on posts in 2016 but haven't added yet.)--- Support this podcast: https://podcas

Real estate reforms coming?

Jul 19th, 2017 4m 1s

Long overdue real estate reforms are gaining momentum at the transaction level as new players tip toe into the ecosystem. Will policy reforms follow that address affordability, sustainability issues? --- Support this podcast: https://podcas

#SummerOfLove meets #CoLiving?

Jul 4th, 2017 4m 1s

Listen, reply: Will #SummerOfLove inspire #CoLiving movement, BabyBoomer communes? Can NORC's (Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities) create affordable housing, intergenerational win-win? #RE2020--- Support this podcast: https://podcas