Why doesn't the real estate industry attract the same regulatory and press scrutiny that Wall Street does? That's the topic of my column this week, which reports on at least one real estate editor at a major American newspaper who earns income doing freelance writing for a real estate company. Please check it out at Reason here.
Barry Ritholtz emails links to a couple of his posts (here, here) that have been critical of the industry. He's the exception to the rule, I think.