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Mike DelPrete
Personal blog · mikedp.com/articleseconomicsbusiness
Mike DelPrete's personal blog at mikedp.com covers economics and business. Since 2016, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Mike DelPrete's posts on Zillow, Opendoor and other iBuyers, covering their home-pricing and purchasing decisions and how they behaved as housing markets shifted.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Strategic analysis and evidence-based insights of the global real estate tech and real estate portal industry.
What Hacker News says?
Mike DelPrete has done several: - https://www.mikedp.com/articles/2021/12/16/opendoor-vs-zillo... - https://www.mikedp.com/articles/2021/11/3/zillow-exits-ibuyi...
Comment linking /articles/2021/11/3/zillow-exits-ibuying-five-key-takeaways
on “How Zillow's homebuying scheme lost $881M”Submitted Zillow: iBuyers Turning Obfuscation of Profit into an Art Form as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI'd recommend this article for a deeper look at how Zillow and its competitors exhibited different behavior in Phoenix as the market cooled: https://www.mikedp.com/articles/2021/10/19/ibuying-is-hard-z... > As the market cooled between August and September, Opendoor and Offerpad purchased fewer houses, while Zillow purchased more. > The iBuyers also adjusted to changing market conditions by paying less for houses. T…
Comment linking /articles/2021/10/19/ibuying-is-hard-zillow-pauses-new-purchases
on “Why Zillow Couldn’t Make Algorithmic House Pricing Work”Submitted Inside Opendoor: What Two Years of Transactions Say About Their Prospects as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Economics of iBuying as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Do iBuyers Like Opendoor and Zillow Make Fair Market Offers? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Growth in new markets: An analysis of Opendoor, Knock, and OfferPad as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Zillow: Is profitability in sight? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion