This sword cuts two ways…
As homes in better areas may be tougher to sell.
But there are a lot of people who are buying sight unseen.
I am thinking they made a lot of questionable moves and need to unload, before they pull the plug and the bottom falls out, again.
Two of the most-used home-buying realtor websites in the United States have removed features that enable home seekers to evaluate levels of crime in their prospective neighborhoods, citing supposedly racially biased consequences from concerns over violent crime in communities.
Both Redfin.com and Realtor.com have recently disabled the crime analysis feature from their services, both of the companies doing so on Monday. It’s unclear how such a move may have been coordinated between the services.
A statement on the policy change by a Redfin.com executive explained that they didn’t see crime statistic as integral to gauging a community’s “safety,” a metric they instead appear inclined to gauge through its commitment to racial justice.
“The [crime] data available don’t [sic] allow us to speak accurately to that question, and given the long history of redlining and racist housing covenants in the United States.”
Isn't saying "crime data is racist", in itself, a racist statement?
— The Ross Variant (@indyrallen) December 14, 2021
h/t ST. FLOYD OF FENTANYL