The great defeat of real estate agents – The New York Times
Free market economic theory suggests that the American housing market should not have been allowed…
Free market economic theory suggests that the American housing market should not have been allowed to exist as it has for decades. Americans have long paid unusually high commissions to real estate agents. The typical commission in the United States was nearly 6%, compared to 4.5% in Germany, 2.5% in Australia and 1.3% in Britain….
NEW YORK — She stopped working at the sushi restaurant, laid two mattress pads in the back of her Jeep and drove away from Florida with her new girlfriend, bound for a small town in the Cascade Mountains that looks like Christmas. She brought a basketball only out of habit. Abbey Hsu had to see…
Bibifatima Akhundzada drove a white Chevy Spark through downtown Modesto, California, on a recent morning, practicing turning, braking and navigating intersections. “Go, go, go,” his driving instructor said, as he slowed through an open intersection. “Do not stop. Do not stop. His teacher was Gil Howard, an 82-year-old retired professor who has embarked on a…
As Jonah Heim squeezed the final strike of the 2023 postseason and Josh Sborz spiked his mitt on the mound to celebrate the Texas Rangers’ first World Series title, a thought crossed my mind: How will this change the franchise rankings? See, the Wild-Card Era (1995 to present) franchise rankings are not a creation of…
This is an updated version of an article first published in June 2020. Perhaps the best place to start is the story Harry Redknapp tells when he is asked about Michael Edwards and the remarkable chain of events that first took a frustrated IT teacher from Peterborough to a position of power and influence at…
Throughout its history, the Whitney Biennial has often mirrored the art world’s heated discourse, welcoming provocative works that might ruffle feathers. But museum officials and curators said they were caught off guard by a message that revealed itself in the flickering lights of a neon installation. The Whitney Museum of American Art confirmed Wednesday evening…
Thirty years later, Christian Laettner isn’t sure he knew this would happen. In 1994 he was in the NBA, in his second season with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Maybe someone had informed the agent about him but he doesn’t think so. The former Duke star remembers seeing the commercial on ESPN just one day. Chris Farley,…
Trace the digitally altered photograph of Catherine, Princess of Wales, and its roots lie in the tragedy of another Princess of Wales, Diana, whose death in 1997 preceded the creation of Facebook by almost seven years. Diana’s fatal car crash, following a high-speed chase by photographers in Paris, left a lasting impression on her sons,…
Rob McElhenney takes seriously the duty of care he has as co-owner of Wrexham. When Phil Parkinson was still coming to terms with what remains the nadir of the club’s return to the EFL after a 15-year exile outside the league, the co-owner contacted his manager moments after September’s 5-0 thrashing of Stockport County via…
For Oscar hopefuls, awards season can be a long road. With so many appearances, you can’t turn toward the fence every time: the occasional bunt is inevitable. But the time for punching is over. It’s safe to assume that what stars wear on their backs to walk the red carpet at the Academy Awards, held…