A Phil Hall Op-Ed: The other day, I had a conversation with Bart de Brujin, the co-founder of EstateX, a new real estate platform tokenization platform. EstateX promotes itself as a “revolution in the real estate industry” – while I can’t vouch for a revolution in the...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: If you are a fan of Joe Biden who dislikes seeing him criticized in this op-ed column, I can assure you that this will be the last time I will use this space to find fault with him. As Biden departs the White House today, it is appropriate to look...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Los Angeles County has been on fire for nearly a week. We don’t know how the fires started, but we know who doesn’t want to take responsibility for the very obvious lack of preparedness ahead of the blazes. California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered an...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Two weeks from today, Donald Trump will return to the White House. During last year’s presidential campaign, Trump offered next to nothing – okay, he offered nothing – regarding how he would address some of the major issues impacting housing policy....
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: As 2024 slowly rolls itself into the history books, let’s take one last look back at the year in real estate and housing policy to cheer those who accomplished something remarkable and acknowledge others who fell far short of what they were capable...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: A most fascinating spat is taking place in Arizona, where the trade group Phoenix Realtors has found itself in the crosshairs of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) over an innovative program that could represent a positive new chapter in the...
