The principle of it seems almost like an oxymoron. Most agents don't like it.

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.

Agents would have to jump through some additional hoops.

It seems to me the simple fact that they didn't register as agents was not very damning. I don't see that they did any harm while they were here.

We are starting with stocks fully valued and short- and long-term interest rates still hovering near four-decade lows. Large bull-market moves are generally accompanied by, or preceded by, declining rates, and we don't have that scenario today.

And the value of these unsold homes in the U.S. now exceeds (a) half-trillion dollars -- up 33 percent from a year ago!