Comments on: Help Me Bring Transparency To The Real Estate Market http://houstonhousingmarket.org/2009/01/help-me-bring-transparency-to-the-real-estate-market/ A Real Estate and Finance Blog Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:24:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://houstonhousingmarket.org/2009/01/help-me-bring-transparency-to-the-real-estate-market/comment-page-1/#comment-90 admin Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:37:27 +0000 http://houstonhousingmarket.org/?p=286#comment-90 Thanks Matt! I will work on how to make those items available without getting myself in trouble for steering. As agents we must be very careful when it comes to providing crime state or speaking negatively about a apecific area. I will ask the brokerage attorney to come up with a way to provide that information without getting accused of steering. Thanks Matt! I will work on how to make those items available without getting myself in trouble for steering. As agents we must be very careful when it comes to providing crime state or speaking negatively about a apecific area. I will ask the brokerage attorney to come up with a way to provide that information without getting accused of steering.

]]> By: MattH http://houstonhousingmarket.org/2009/01/help-me-bring-transparency-to-the-real-estate-market/comment-page-1/#comment-85 MattH Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:27:41 +0000 http://houstonhousingmarket.org/?p=286#comment-85 I am surprised no one has commented on this. As a potential buyer, I can't imagine a more valuable (and marketable) contribution to the public. Everyone likes to feel like they made the best and most informed deal. Anything that contributes to that is a plus in my opinion. Anything that gets in the way of that casts a negative light on a whole profession (think car salesmen). As a newbie to the housing market, I don't feel like I can contribute much in the way of suggestions at the present time. However, I would think that any public historic information about previous sales of a property or similar properties in a neighborhood would be of value. Price-to-rent ratio's for neighborhoods would be interesting as well as neighborhood crime rates, high school drop out rates, etc. Also,information about problems unique to the area such as growth faults (maybe a google map with the mapped faults (like the Long Point Fault)), flood zone and evacuation zone information. Kudos to you for doing the right thing! I am surprised no one has commented on this. As a potential buyer, I can’t imagine a more valuable (and marketable) contribution to the public. Everyone likes to feel like they made the best and most informed deal. Anything that contributes to that is a plus in my opinion. Anything that gets in the way of that casts a negative light on a whole profession (think car salesmen).

As a newbie to the housing market, I don’t feel like I can contribute much in the way of suggestions at the present time. However, I would think that any public historic information about previous sales of a property or similar properties in a neighborhood would be of value. Price-to-rent ratio’s for neighborhoods would be interesting as well as neighborhood crime rates, high school drop out rates, etc. Also,information about problems unique to the area such as growth faults (maybe a google map with the mapped faults (like the Long Point Fault)), flood zone and evacuation zone information.

Kudos to you for doing the right thing!

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