{"id":1861,"date":"2018-01-02T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/02\/realtrending\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:32:41","slug":"realtrending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/02\/realtrending\/","title":{"rendered":"REALTrending Episode 1: Big Data, The Biggest Challenge &#038; Wrapping Up 2017&#8217;s Housing Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; margin: 0px auto; display: block;\" title=\"Ep. 1: Big Data, The Biggest Challenge &amp; Wrapping Up 2017's Housing Market\" xml=\"lang\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/nxsnv-9e0edd&amp;?from=usersite&amp;skin=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;auto=0&amp;download=1&amp;share=1&amp;version=1&amp;btn-skin=103\" width=\"560\" height=\"122\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h2><em><strong>REALTrending: Episode One<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Big Data, The Biggest Challenge &amp; Wrapping Up 2017&#8217;s Housing Market<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In his monthly trends podcast, Steve Murray, president and founder of REAL Trends, sheds light on some of the most important and timely issues in real estate. 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