September 2004
Real Estate Internet Listings Increase Time On Market, Sales Price According To Smeal Professor
For-sale homes marketed on the Internet and via the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) approach take longer to sell while earning marginally higher prices than houses not on the Internet according to the first research on the subject co-authored by Abdullah Yavas, Elliott Professor of Real Estate at Penn State's Smeal College of Business.
Penn State Executive Programs, Smeal Marketing Dept. Host Gallup CEO's Lecture On Upcoming Election
With less than a month to go in the race for the White House, James K. Clifton, chairman and chief executive officer of The Gallup Organization, will visit Penn State's University Park Campus on Oct. 8 for a discussion entitled "Political Behavior as Consumer Behavior: The 2004 Election." The Gallup Organization is one of the world's largest think tanks and providers of public opinion polling and management consulting.
