As an industry, we tend to care about interest rates, especially mortgage rates. (A recent STRATMOR piece is titled, “Mortgage Rates Are Not Random.”) But there is a group of...

“This is the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl radiation disaster. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been there. It’s 11.” Ah, fun with numbers… The...

“Why did the judge stop the merger of Duracell and Morton's? He couldn't allow a salt and battery in his court!” The big keep getting bigger: Real Brokerage announced that...

“You can't blame anyone else if you fall in your driveway...it's your own asphalt.” What happens if labor or materials become too expensive here in the United States? Despite the...

In the United States, as the industry dissects the credit news this week, in a month it will be Memorial Day, honoring those who died while serving (not veterans, and...

“Home is where you know exactly how far to turn the knob to get a perfect temperature shower.” “Home” conjures up varied thoughts depending on who you ask; even those...

Does it bother you when you read, “Meta plans to start collecting U.S.-based employees' mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and occasional screen snapshots to train AI agents that can better learn...

It’s a dog eat dog world out there. You gotta stay up on the news. Baltimore homes being stolen? Yup. As noted yesterday, today we have a press conference with...

Thank you to everyone who wrote to me yesterday, celebrating “420 Day,” synonymous with marijuana. Celebrate "Surprise Drug Test Day” to you all today. If you’re looking for something to...

“Our local auctioneer has passed away. He was somewhere around 60? 65? 65? 70.” I met an auctioneer over the weekend at a social event, and I asked her, given...