Times articles influenced by Brokers?

100% Agree!

I've said this a few times already... but go to the nytimes.com site right now.

See there is one section in blue?
Jobs
Real Estate
Autos
All Classifieds

See the actual news is another section?
World
U.S.
Politics
etc.

There is a reason for that. RE section is an ADVERTISING section. It is not held to the news standard. The editor of the section has admitted that in print. It is essentially an advertiser supplement. And who advertises???

OF COURSE its slanted... because its not news, its ADVERTISING.

Yep! That's why i stopped reading their RE section...

It should state. Nytimes re section brougt to you by 'corcoran'.

Who fills up the real estate section? Advertisements by brokers and developers. The "pure" NY Times is not so pure when they need advertising. Yes it is slanted towards brokers. Don't believe the hype.

i've written the head editor a few times pointing out some blantant errors and misstatements by their "writing" staff in the RE section, just to see the same morons write the same bull. i read the section for entertainment purposes rather then informational ones.

Yes swe. Thatz funny. Hey did you hear the hamptons is on FIRE! Better go buy your dream summer home bf they are all gone!

I'm not happy about the biased articles, despite all the advertising the paper gets from brokers, it has a duty to the readers to provide unbiased coverage.

I just read that article about the Hamptons. The title and 1st paragraph makes it sound that way - like the market is getting hot, but once you read the enitre article you can dissect the truth from the numbers provided.

On corcoran
I've tempered my open house ventures the last couple months, but I have to say for the ones I have gone too, corcoran agents are without a doubt the most clueless of 'em all. Either they are buying in to their company memos or they are shameless shills.

Every prostitute thinks they they are above the $2 crack whore.

I do agree that the Times journalists are among the laziest covering the RE industry. They literally speak to 3 brokers and call it a story. That said, one issue is that there just aren't a lot of other "experts" out there to comment on real estate. I haven't seen 30 Years in the news (tho he'd be a great source), every article can't be built on Jonathan Miller's data and we all agree that most appraisers are only slightly less clueless than brokers.

Sure, they could attend Open Houses and interview 10 or 15 potential buyers to see what common themes emerge but I don't see that happening when the same few press-hungry brokers are always at their ready with a good soundbite.