We have seen headlines heralding the ‘death’ of brokers, however perhaps we need to look at the whole financial distribution market and instead of worrying about brokers take an objective view of enterprise, efficiency, and distribution in general. I did some research on this by looking at the American market, talking to other brokers, by looking at operational efficiency planning in other countries and markets, and lastly was by putting up a post on www.thepropertypin.com which is a site where regular folks who are bearish on property (and into economics) hang out.
There are a few sites out there that I like to browse in order to gauge public sentiment, but the ‘Pin’ as its referred to by the folks who frequent it is perhaps the most open and honest, and it tends to have some heavy economic technicians frequenting it. Granted, the tone of the site is not one that perhaps everybody agrees with but the calibre of the posters knowledge is well above the average Internet forum.
Regarding the …