Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. I just posted the findings below to the Redfin blog, and thought they would be worth sharing here. I’ve been spending some time at work digging into sales data to figure out if there are any significant differences in listing performance correlated with what day of the…
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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-10-15
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Running the Numbers on the Flat Homeowner Deduction
[Read Part 1: Proposal: Replace the Mortgage Interest Deduction with a Flat Homeowner Deduction] In the comments on the proposal I made yesterday, Doug asked a reasonable question: Have you figured out what the deduction would be if you did this, and made it deficit neutral? That would be an interesting exercise. Good question. Let’s…
Proposal: Replace the Mortgage Interest Deduction with a Flat Homeowner Deduction
In our discussion on Sunday’s poll about whether government policy should be steering people into homebuying, I had an interesting idea that I thought was worth sharing with the whole class. The Problem There are numerous problems with the methods the government has used and is using to promote homebuying. One-time homebuyer tax credits just…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-10-08
How dare the state force those poor wealthy people to buy homes right next to the freeway! http://t.co/RrUUEYOj # Heat maps of the areas most affected by this weekend's Conforming Loan Limit change in this @Redfin post: http://t.co/gV3ZnPZM # Hah, hilarious. HGTV drinking game. RT @Estately: Watch House Hunters? Make it even more interesting… http://t.co/d2rByGVW…