Jacob Passy

Jacob Passy is a personal-finance reporter for MarketWatch and is based in New York. His work has been featured in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and CNBC. He primarily covers issues related to real estate, housing, and personal finance.

Biography:  https://www.marketwatch.com/author/jacob-passy

98%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

95%

Examples:

  • In the article 'Here’s why Zillow, Redfin and other real estate stocks tanked after a jury ruling', the author seems to focus more on the negative impact of the verdict on the real estate market and stocks, with less emphasis on potential positive outcomes.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

Real Estate Stocks Plunge Following Jury Verdict on Commissions

Broke On: Tuesday, 31 October 2023 Zillow Group Inc. and other real estate stocks experienced a significant drop following a jury ruling on real estate commissions. The lawsuit was filed by home sellers who argued that the NAR's rules led to inflated commission costs. The verdict is expected to change the way real estate commissions are handled, potentially leading to lower commissions in the future.

U.S. New Home Sales Surge in September 2023

Broke On: Wednesday, 25 October 2023 Sales of new homes in the U.S. surged by 12.3% in September 2023. This is the fastest pace of new home sales since February 2022. The Midwest saw the largest increase in sales, with a rise of 27.5%.