A reminder that despite many technological innovations in this space, the home buying and selling process is influenced by many subjective decisions by agents, appraisers, and home buyers and sellers themselves.

Thanks MatthewBlake for inviting me to chat about my research and the MLS platforms on the HousingWire podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/1r5u5e…

"Delinking buyer and seller commissions will make markets for #realestate agent services more competitive," write Sonia Gilbukh, paulgp, Michael Sinkinson in the latest for ProMarket: promarket.org/2021/11/29/rea…

"Delinking buyer and seller commissions will make markets for real estate agent services more competitive...putting competitive pressure on high intermediation fees," Sonia Gilbukh & @paulgp & Michael Sinkinson write promarket.org/2021/11/29/rea…

Happy holidays! Here is a holiday themed recap of the 2021 housing market 🏘️🎄🎁

New papers are fun to present! Thanks Alina Arefeva for your comments and elliot anenberg for chairing a great session. And thanks @paulgp for the shoutout and for taking on parenting duty today.

The deadline for the AREUEA natl conference - and the Junior Scholar Program - has been extended to February 8! Submit your papers and early stage work to the conference portal (indicating it is for the JSP in the remarks) to apply for the yearlong mentorship program.

We have a two year old and are a few weeks away from welcoming our second baby. A time when a value of human life is felt deeper than ever before. Absolutely devastated by the news..

"Sanctions are no longer scalpel-like instruments that exploit globalisation. At their current scale, they're a tempest that will change globalisation itself in major ways." A short essay for The Economist placing sanctions on Russia in historical context econ.st/3hFH08c

Said goodbye to our furry baby today 💔

We are hiring at Baruch Real Estate! Please share with anyone who might be interested. areuea.memberclicks.net/index.php?opti…

Watch out for some competition Elon Musk 😂😅

Oh, I retweeted my own tweet! In case you're interested in joining a vibrant community of New York City's real estate researchers, please please apply to be my colleague at Baruch College! Happy to chat you'd like to know more. areuea.memberclicks.net/index.php?opti…

Does anyone have / is willing to share county-level historical FHA and GSE loan limits for pre-2008 period (post 2008 can be found on the HUD website)?

I raise my cup of tea to the best dad @paulgp85! To witness your bond with each of our bébés grow every day has been magic ❤️ We love you to infinity and beyond! instagram.com/p/CtprkidR8S7n…

Experienced real estate agents have a 24% higher probability of selling listings during housing busts. The distortion from fixed agent commissions is estimated using a model of entry and exit, from Sonia Gilbukh and @paulgp nber.org/papers/w31683

Experienced real estate agents have a 24% higher probability of selling listings during housing busts. New paper by our alumna Sonia Gilbukh (with @paulgp) nber.org/papers/w31683

✅Baruch Zicklin #realestate Prof. Sonia Gilbukh Sonia Gilbukh was interviewed yesterday about the National Association of Realtors' antitrust settlement! The New York Times: ow.ly/n12950QYWMU Vox: ow.ly/iBj350QYWMW #ZickinBusiness #BaruchCollege #faculty #NYC