Talk:Real estate trends

This article was nominated for deletion on January 13, 2008. The result of the discussion was Keep.

Trend Tracking has value

Flat fee mls is but one concept. Trends is wider. Should cover much much more topics. Lets not promote just one report but reference the content or trends from say th top 3 authorities on this topic. With the housing market being as it is, this topic could be as important as the Real estate bubble. We just need to position it right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.15.203 (talk) 17:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Context?? Value of this article?

One editor has questioned this already.

Now I do also. As written, this simply duplicates material already existing in the Flat fee mls article. Unless this is significantly improved, I VOTE TO REMOVE THIS ARTCLE. Viva-Verdi 01:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Top Real Estate Trends

I have removed the section Top Real Estate Trends which is essentially a promotional for one specific report. BlueValour (talk) 00:03, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup needed

Speculative and original content needs to be removed, in favor of descriptions of documented trends. -- Beland (talk) 19:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

International relevance of article?

So far this article seems to document things only from the United States' perspective. Let us not forget that the English version of Wikipedia, at least, is open to all Anglophones worldwide. Hence, this article is seriously lacking in perspectives from other corners of the globe. I understand that such information has not yet been added, but this article is only good if it is; yet this is something I cannot supply at this point; is there any way we can appeal for information to be added? Perhaps in future, this article could just be a redirection link towards regional information on real estate trends (sorted by continent, for instance). --Starry maiden Gazer (talk) 13:42, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Additional trends

As it stands the article is not really about "Real Estate Trends" at all, but is more about US Government or DOJ Involvement in U.S. Real Estate.

I work in real estate, and have for over 5 years. I recently added several sections, regarding the most important trends in real estate. Major shifts are occurring in agency, commission fees and broker agent splits, marketing methods, etc.

These new sections were removed within minutes, by IP USER: User talk:69.181.249.92 with no explanation, in what seems to be a breach of Wikipedian etiquette.

I was researching references to add when my WORK was deleted.

I found and used UNDO to restore my contribution, and added references. If I did not do this correctly, please make polite suggestions as to how I might do it better.

I am new here. To whom do I appeal? How can I get another opinion on this when the content was deleted?

WriteManWriting (talk) 19:39, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The information as added appears to be original research and commentary at this point. I've added tags to the areas that need immediate sourcing by reliable sources. Forums and blog posts are clearly not acceptable and have been redacted. It is usually a very good idea to "research" before you add the material. Thanks. Kuru (talk) 12:59, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the suggestions, and guidance. Since this article is already written, I hope I will be allowed a reasonable amount of time to complete adding the references. I have completed editing the first section. If what I have done is acceptable, then I will continue to supply references and links for the rest. Please advise. WriteManWriting (talk) 18:28, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Make sure to use secondary and third party references to directly support the inclusion of information. Interlinks to other WP articles, as well as Ibid. footnotes are not appropriate for use as references. In my opinion, this article would be more appropriately named "Trends in real estate" to include a global view. If the article is intended to focus solely on "U.S. trends in real estate", the title needs to reflect that focus. While you are currently working on the article, it would be useful for you to add an {{inuse}} tag. This should help eliminate any concurrent editing conflicts that you are experiencing. Just add it to the top of the article and save. Then go back into the editing window again and start your editing. Remember to remove the inuse tag when you take a break. You can add an <nowiki> tag between edits. ~~~~

Thank you for the suggestions. I have added sections on significant trends, added references and quotes. I agree the article is more appropriately titled Trends in Real Estate: USA but since I am so new here and somebody else started the article, I would not presume to make such a change on my own. ~~~~