A few months ago we reported on testimony given before a subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee, largely targeting the National Association of Realtors for what was termed anti-competitive activities. Detractors - and they outnumbered supporters, charged that real estate brokerage is...
After a parade of seven witnesses (plus Full Committee Chair Michael Oxley) who appeared before the House Banking Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity to testify about alleged limitations on competition from Internet competitors by the National Association of Realtors' and its affiliated...
This space generally reports on what is going on in the real estate and mortgage industry; rates, suggestions on buying or selling, news about Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or what is happening in building, the law, and so forth. Most of the time we try to do so objectively. Well stand by for a little attitude...