2025 is in full swing and despite a busy holiday season and our chief editor undergoing a very bad case of the flu, The Real Estate Think Tank continues in full swing as it embraces the beginning of the New Year. With all that said, 2024 has been another year of improvement and growth here at TRET and this time of the year causes us to reflect on some of its highlights.
Consistency Is Key
This year The Real Estate Think Tank continued to provide consistent,
topical content. From covering the ever-changing nature of
the real estate market, to the effects of the 2024 election, we provided relevant
takes on the various topics that arose throughout the year. TRET also sought to push
content more frequently at the year's end and though we met some challenges, we provided
quality content through our end-of-the year content push.
The Effects of Technology on Real Estate
Throughout 2024, TRET took the opportunity to focus on the strong
impact of technology on the real estate market. From our article on Blockchain
Real Estate to the article on Digitization
in Real Estate and even our review
of Real Estate Blogs, TRET covered technology. Although this is far from a
real estate technology blog, Real Estate Technology seemed to be a big theme in
2024 and we covered it as it unfolded.
The NAR Settlement
The face of real estate was completely changed by the NAR settlement of
2024. This settlement was one of the most impactful events of the year for the
real estate market. The relationship between buyers, sellers and Realtors was
substantially changed. The relationship between Realtors and real estate
salespeople was also changed. Gone were the days of 6% commissions and cooperative
compensations. The residential real estate sales market had to adjust on the fly
and TRET covered this multiple times. From our two podcast episodes explaining
the settlement that can be found here and here as well, to
our article on the origins of the
6% commissions split, TRET provided a clear perspective and context of this
market-changing case.
Residential to the Forefront
This year, residential real estate articles dominated the feed at TRET,
with six of our articles being residential in nature. This was assisted by
articles from guest writers such as Sharon Wagner and Ted James. For a blog
that prides itself on balanced coverage between residential real estate, commercial
real estate, real estate finance and real estate market trends, after a 2023 that
saw its fair share of commercial real estate coverage, 2024 was decidedly more
residential and for that we make no apologies. We invite you to peruse our
various articles on the real estate market that were written in 2024
An Election For the Ages
The Real Estate Think Tank is by no means a political blog. We in fact try
our best not to promote any particular political ideology. 2024, however, was a
unique election year in that a sitting incumbent president that was eligible to
run for reelection left the race to “focus on his
presidential duties.” Election years come once every four years, making them
rare, but election years with idiosyncratic circumstances are historical. Upon learning
of the sudden change in Democratic presidential candidates, TRET set out to produce an article on how eachpresidential candidate in the 2024 election would affect the real estate market if they became president. TRET’s coverage was balanced and fair, but only time will truly
tell how accurate we were.
2025 Is Here. Now What?
During 2025, The Real Estate Think Tank will continue to bring you quality content in a multimedia format that keeps you up to date on what is happening in the real estate market. More importantly, TRET will continue to provide you with a unique perspective on real estate that you can get nowhere else. We look forward to continued growth in this new year, but we also look forward to your readership as we push forward. 2025 will be fantastic. Let’s experience it together.
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