Our recent article on pocket listings and "coming soon" listings elicited quite a number of comments. Here is one take: Comment: I think you did your readers a disservice by not informing them that ...

Q: I'm annoyed with some of the things I see going on in the real estate market, including pocket listings. Sellers should avoid brokerages that list properties internally before they are exposed to ...

Pocket listings, also called off-market or private listings, aren't something new in the real estate world. Recently, they've actually seen an upsurge as a more mainstream option for those who want to ...

The Enquirer's Just Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google. An old-school real estate practice that hides home listings from public view ...

When we claim to have a marketplace for homes, we should make sure that it is a fair marketplace for all and that all home buyers and home sellers have an equal chance to buy and sell homes in the ...

South Florida real estate is experiencing an incredible cycle marked by relentless demand from domestic buyers, sky-high sales prices and rock-bottom levels of inventory. In such an overheated market, ...

America's red-hot housing market shows no signs of cooling off with home prices rising by a record-breaking annual rate of 17.2% in March, according to the National Realtors Association. As demand for ...

Being invited to a secret real estate club flatters the ego but could flatten prospects for selling your house. The long-debated realty agent practice of “pocket listings” — involving agents’ close-to ...

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