A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Ever since the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced its $418 million settlement to settle the charges raised in the Sitzer/Burnett case, there has been a flood of bizarre articles, interviews and opinion pieces in the mainstream media...
Following Friday’s announcement of the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) $418 million settlement of the Sitzer/Barnett lawsuit and its pledge to change its commission structure in the home sale process, a lot of people had the overwhelming urge to voice their...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Housing affordability – or, perhaps more accurately, the lack thereof – has quietly become a major issue in this year’s presidential election. I am using the word “quietly” because for too long the subject has not been talked about by the White...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: This past weekend, I saw an interview in DailyMail.com with the media-prominent financial advisor Suze Orman regarding property insurance premiums. Orman complained about the $28,000 quote that her insurer gave on her 2,100-square-foot oceanfront...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: One of the most famous quotes to come out of the early 19th century was made by John Marshall, the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, in his 1819 ruling on the McCulloch v. Maryland case: “The power to tax is the power to destroy.”...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: If you’ve been following the kudzu-level spread of lawsuits regarding real estate broker commissions, you might have noticed something interesting regarding the reaction to this litigation. Or to be more precise, the lack of reaction – especially...
