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"one of the finest and most honest broker-bloggers ...

Apr. 12, 2008
Categorized in: In the news (me)
Tagged with: curbed, ethics, mlg, rebny
"one of the finest and most honest broker-bloggers the NYC real estate industry has produced to date" (blushing). I did not say that (nor anyone in my family); Curbed did in yesterday's Silence of the Bloggers: Manhattan Loft Guy Muzzled. (More blushing.)

why a gag rule within REBNY about specific listings?

Apr. 10, 2008
I can imagine a reason for a REBNY gag rule about the listings of other agents that may be in the interests of sellers, as well as several reasons in the interests of sellers' agents. In each case, I believe the rationales to be outmoded if not old-fashioned. But the rule is the rule.

end of an era for Manhattan Loft Guy / a new day dawns?

Apr. 9, 2008
Tagged with: complaint, rebny
evolution, not revolution As I look back out how this blog has evolved over the last 25 months, one of the most interesting (to me) things I have done is to put in context what is going on in a par... [Read More]

REBNY's paltry portal launches Friday (yawn)

Sep. 25, 2007
It will have taken nearly a year for the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) to bring out its public portal for searching exclusive Manhattan rental and sales listings by the time this thing is introduced on Friday. (THX to Curbed for the reference to The Real Deal’s article yesterday.)
 
I am not going to go through the entire sordid history here (as I did on May 18 portal potted / REBNY website to limp out in September). Suffice it to say that The Real Deal's report that Bellmarc is not participating seems a bit like beating a dead horse.

identity theft, anyone? / what really happens to confidential purchase applications?

May. 28, 2007
why are 6 copies of my tax returns in the trash at my new building? One of yesterday’s Real Estate Q + As In the NY Times (How Confidential Are Applications?) deals with one of those dirty l... [Read More]

REBNY vs. REBNY vs. REBNY / portal potties still percolating

Dec. 21, 2006
REBNY portal wars get curiouser and curiouser (nastier and nastier?) The much-discussed announcement by the Real Estate Board of New York to create an open web portal for members of the public to... [Read More]

rebels in REBNY may repel web listing portal

Nov. 27, 2006
who at REBNY wants this thing, and why? I blogged about the Nov 1 announcement by the Real Estate Board of New York about plans in the Spring to establish an internet portal for REBNY-member firm... [Read More]

hard data is good to find / nuggets in NY Times glut aversion piece

Nov. 20, 2006
Categorized in: bubble talk
condo pipeline is an issue The NY Times piece yesterday, Changing Course to Avert a Glut, addresses macro-level questions about what may happen if all the planned condominium apartments in Manhatt... [Read More]

a giant step for REBNY, but how big a step for humankind? Listings web portal coming in the Spring

Nov. 1, 2006
Tagged with: idx, listings, mls, rebny
Springtime data shower expected This afternoon brought an email and press release to us members of the Residential Division of the Real Estate Board of New York about the deluxe spanking brand new... [Read More]