For 2 yrs I have avowed this correcting market to be the biggest opportunity we have experienced in over 2 decades.  Some of you have agreed and some of you looked at me like I had “luny” written on my forehead.  I still believe this is the window of opportunity we pray for.  To prove my conviction, I have ventured into a new real estate company in Tucson, AZ.  We just opened a new 5,000 sqft upscale office in the foothills of Tucson.  I believe this new office is a model for future real estate companies.

New real estate wiki for real estate industry is launched. 

History of wikis in real estate
BiggerPockets (launched in 2006) claims to be the first real estate wiki but it unfortunately closed down in May 2007 due to lack of sufficient content.  Introduced shortly therafter, and still going strong, is InmanWiki (part of InmanNews, InmanTV and InmanBlog).  

Events that Shape an Industry: Real Estate Brokerage 2007 

In follow up to last week’s post where I detailed the Trendsetters of 2007, I today list the top 10 events that made headlines and captured the attention of the real estate industry in 2007. The selection of these events was based on both 2007 prominance as well as potential future impact on the industry for the next few years.

Read the complete list with here on next page.

Every year I identify in my Swanepoel Trends Report the top 10 companies that I feel during the previous calendar year (2007) set forth actions that were different and memorable and could potentially have a far reaching impact on the real estate industry in the years to come. I call them Trendsetters. Here are my Top 10 Trendsetters for 2007.

1. Realogy

Every year the RealSure team surveys the residential industry, seeks out any changes, analyzes new business models, interview hundreds of industry leaders, researches and reads thousands of articles and send out tens of surveys. Well the survey is currently underway and your opinions and comments will help provide a more accurate assessment of certain paradigm shifts that are currently occurring in the real estate industry.

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