Posted by LaLa on 07 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: Blog, MLS, The Industry
As an alternative to Multiple Listing Services, internet search engine spiders such as propertyrover.com and natefind.com scrape real estate websites to aggregate real estate postings. more… [Real Deal]
Posted by LaLa on 01 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: Antitrust, Blog, National Issues, The Industry
Over the past several years, many researchers and public interest groups have critiqued real estate brokerage practices. David Barry’s Nine Pillars of the Citadel is one of the first Reports to offer concrete advice for actual reform.
In his Report, Barry accuses the National Association of Realtors of fixing prices and restraining trade. These actions result in increased transaction prices for consumers.
In this Report to the Federal Trade Association, Barry calls upon Congress to establish a national Multiple Listing Service and for the Department of Justice to criminally prosecute NAR for price fixing.
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