CategoryMisinformation/Misdirection

7 Reasons To Avoid The Housing Listicle: Consumers Need To Breakup With Them

Listicles Are Often Junk And Don't Reflect How We Should Think About Housing Housing Market Content Has Been Gamified, Defying Our Loss In Mobility Thirst For Better Quality Housing Information And Avoid Lists In the effort to understand housing market behavior, consumers are forced to look at a lot of junk stats that don't inform. Since access to housing data has ramped up dramatically over the...

A Lot Of Professionals In Real Estate Are Crackpots

• The source of your real estate information is just as important as the content itself
• Housing gloom & doom sells newspapers and software, no matter the accuracy
• The US entering the next phase of the housing cycle as some look to cash in

Junk Stats Are Like Rodent Hairs In Your Peanut Butter

Yeah, I love peanut butter and I accept this and this. One of the most annoying aspects of covering the housing market is that we are bombarded with junk stats. Here's an example from this Market Watch article: Mortgage rates can vary significantly by state.  How many people are going to move to another state to shave off 25 to 40 basis points from their mortgage? Do consumers think the same way...