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Will homebuyers create their own “Twitter posses”?
Thanks to PBS.org’s Idea Lab for introducing me to the phrase, "Twitter posse." Their vision of reporters asking questions via Twitter reminds me of Real Estate Cafe blog posts about "home buyers...
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Part I: Housing slump hits Cambridge: 1 in 3 single family homes selling...
Part I: On Sunday, July 13, 2008, the Boston Globe published a lead story in City Weekly entitled, In real estate sales, not all cities are equal. A blog post earlier today by Redfin stated that...
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Should we use TwitPay to turbocharge our Tipping Policy?
The Real Estate Cafe’s original tipping policy gave commission rebate credits to active clients who contributed listings to our RealEstateBubbleMap: Boston. TwitPay could give us the opportunity to...
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Sneak Preview: Creating tours of “Million Dollar Markdowns” on Google City Tours
For nearly a year, The Real Estate Cafe has been using Google Maps to track luxury properties across Massachusetts with price reductions of approximately one million dollars or more. So when we read...
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Should “Blind” bidding wars be regulated? Time to launch iPetition?
In response to an article entitled, Year’s end lifts sales of condos in Boston, one of Boston.com readers wrote: “Seriously, the bidding wars that have been going on for the past 2 years, that is what...
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Updating Million Dollar Markdowns
ADD image: REO Jumbo Greetings, Boston.com readers, The Real Estate Cafe is in the process of updating our database of “Million Dollar Markdowns” featured in the Boston Globe story, Luxury for Less,...
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Groupon for Real Estate or GroupCon? Choose MEGA-savings, not marginal coupons!
Glad to see one of the most innovative thought leaders in e-commerce moving the “Groupon for Real Estate” conversation from industry insiders to the blogosphere, but note that Pat Kitano’s blog post...
View ArticleGot DIY content? It pays to do your homework here!
“It pays to do your homework here!” That was one of the headlines used in the first full-page ad placed by the Real Estate… The post Got DIY content? It pays to do your homework here! first appeared...
View ArticleBidding War Drone: In-House Intelligence Report raises questions
So far, no one has been injured by a real estate drone taking photos of their listings or homes for sale, but we’re glad the… The post Bidding War Drone: In-House Intelligence Report raises questions...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing insights into a slumping housing market in Boston
December 11 will mark the 9th anniversary of joining http://BostonBubble.com, a forum for homebuyers to crowdsource insights during the real estate recession. Over that period, Real Estate… The post...
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