{"id":17489,"date":"2020-11-19T06:58:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T13:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=17489"},"modified":"2020-11-19T06:58:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T13:58:21","slug":"overnight-news-a-helpful-hint-for-redfins-pollsters-all-testimony-is-deceptive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17489\/overnight-news-a-helpful-hint-for-redfins-pollsters-all-testimony-is-deceptive\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: A helpful hint for Redfin\u2019s pollsters: All testimony is\u00a0deceptive."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cWhat I want<\/u> for dinner is what you\u2019re\u00a0having.\u201d<\/p><\/div>We just went through an yet another election demonstrating that polling is useless \u2013 most especially where the person being polled has reasons to deceive the pollster.<\/p>\n

Redfin didn’t poll, it just inferred, but if demand for second homes is booming, that could mean three things, not just one: 1. The buyers actually want and plan to use a second home, Redfin’s presumption. 2. The buyers are hedging their bets, planning to sell one of the homes when they know better what the future holds for them. 3. They’re doing a buy-and-bail \u2013 letting the old home go into foreclosure after they have moved into the new one.<\/p>\n

The good news, apparently: Absolutely none<\/em> of these radical real estate changes will have been caused by the rioting that is not happening anyway!<\/p>\n

Redfin:<\/strong> Demand for Second Homes Surges 100% Year Over Year In October.<\/a> CTRL- F ‘riot’; not found.<\/p>\n

Redfin:<\/strong> Home Sales Surge 24%, the Biggest Gain on Record, Prices up 14% in October.<\/a> CTRL- F ‘riot’; not found.<\/p>\n

Housing Wire:<\/strong> The 10 most popular cities for out-of-town homebuyers.<\/a><\/p>\n

Housing Wire:<\/strong> Increase in housing starts has construction playing catch-up.<\/a><\/p>\n

Housing Wire:<\/strong> Texas homeownership rate reaches an all-time high.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Federalist:<\/strong> Science As God: Tech Hearing And COVID Show Us Exactly Where Censorship Is Headed.<\/a><\/p>\n

James Delingpole:<\/strong> The Great Reset Is Trending. Here\u2019s Why\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Issues and Insights:<\/strong> Are Pandemic Lockdowns A Dry Run For The \u2018Climate Crisis\u2019?<\/a><\/p>\n

Jonathan Tobin:<\/strong> Justice Alito is right: The pandemic brought an assault on our basic rights.<\/a><\/p>\n

Issues and Insights:<\/strong> Don\u2019t \u2018Californicate\u2019 The Rest Of America.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat I want for dinner is what you\u2019re\u00a0having.\u201dWe just went through an yet another election demonstrating that polling is useless \u2013 most especially where the person being polled has reasons to deceive the pollster. Redfin didn’t poll, it just inferred, but if demand for second homes is booming, that could mean three things, not just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-lending","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1106,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1106\/the-numbers-are-clearly-bogus-mr-kelman-show-us-the-files\/","url_meta":{"origin":17489,"position":0},"title":"The numbers are clearly bogus, Mr. Kelman. 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