Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

We’ve curated the ultimate guide to texting etiquette for agents. with real estate night sweats and want to alleviate your stress by banging out a text does not mean the other agent, your buyer prospect, your seller client, or the appraiser wants to share your insomnia. Wondering if you may have offended a prospect?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools equip real estate agents with unprecedented capabilities. Since real estate tech changes by the hour these days, we did a deep dive into the most helpful AI tools for real estate agents on the market today. Vetted by HousingWire | Our editors independently review the products we recommend.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

These lawsuits threaten to radically reshape the residential brokerage landscape, and could be the catalyst for a fat decline in the annual commission pool as well as the industry shedding as many as 80% of agents, according to a team of analysts at Keefe Bruyette Woods. Relatedly, the commission rates could decline by 200 bps or more.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Consumer Federation of America, a watchdog group, examined 43 contracts from 37 states, most from state or local Realtor associations, and found practices it believes worthy of scrutiny.

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The Appraiser Coach

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

What makes a contract a contract? Is it the legal prose, the professional typesetting, or the date across the top? I’m no lawyer, but my mentor once told me that. Read More.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

The former eXp Realty agent at the center of the firm’s current legal battles involving sexual assault allegations has filed his own lawsuit against the brokerage, which accuses founder Glenn Sanford of defaming him during the firm’s Q3 2023 earnings call in November 2023. Sanford and eXp were dismissed from this suit in January 2024.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2022

According to a Q2 analysis by MISMO-certified wire and prevention fintech FundingShield , there was a 40.69% increase in wire-related issues compared to Q1 2022, as well as a 107% increase in closing agent insurance policy coverage gaps and a nearly 10% increase in CPL issues.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Real estate agents are optimistic about the housing market and working to implement buyer agency agreement as we head into 2024, according to the RealTrends Q1 2024 AgentPulse survey. Some agents reported not having made any changes to their business due to the lawsuits, while others have.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Frances Katzen and Courtney Poulos talk with moderator Dana Cadena about the importance of buyer representation, understanding your contracts, professionalism in the industry and more at ICNY.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Agents are the lifeblood of real estate brokerages. Recruiting and retaining high-performing agents remains a critical challenge for brokerages, especially in the environment created by the National Association of Realtors ’ recent $418 million settlement in a litany of agent commission lawsuits.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

After conducting over 30 interviews with current and former eXp agents, and examining two lawsuits (one filed on Thursday) alleging sexual assault by former eXp agents and recruiters, the Times reported that eXp has “a yearslong pattern of predatory behavior by two marquee agents.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Based on NAR’s settlement, agents working with buyers will need a signed buyer representation agreement starting in mid-July, pending final court approval of the settlement. Bills Clarke said this is exactly how agents already work with sellers, so it shouldn’t be a big deal to implement buyer agreements into a business. As of Jan.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2021

Compass defrauded its real estate agents out of millions of dollars in sales commissions and broke pledges to give agents shares of stock, according to a new lawsuit that seeks class-action status. Compass has a few agent-equity plans , which are premised around agents snaring shares now in exchange for past commission income deferral.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

As brokerages across the country have begun implementing buyer agency contracts into their business practices in the wake of the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit verdict, the Consumer Federation of America is warning consumers that they may be filled with “unfair provisions” that primarily protect agents and brokers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In today’s red-hot market, you need a real estate agent who can get creative, play hardball in negotiations, and help you stand out from the pack in a bidding war. And not everyone — even an agent recommended to you by a friend or loved one — is up to the task. Do I have to sign a contract and, if so, how is it structured?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

Well into January, we are already seeing properties go under contract in the first weekend with multiple offers. Real estate agents need to brace themselves for a shift as we witness a market more reminiscent of previous pandemic years. There was a more laid-back approach to the market with interest rates so high.

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2024

Frances Katzen and Courtney Poulos spoke with moderator Dana Cadena about the importance of buyer representation, challenges to professionalism in the industry and more during an ICNY panel on Thursday.

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Miller Samuel

APRIL 29, 2020

Throughout my career, I have seen brokerage firms publish pending/contract reports, touting pending trends as more reliable than reports based on closings. The simplistic, uninformed argument for pending sales is that contract dates occur before closing dates, so they are more current. I plan to develop one someday.

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Real Estate News

MAY 25, 2024

Cassie Walker Johnson not only supports buyer contracts, she offers training on them: “This is the tool that will define your entire professional relationship.”

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Inman

MAY 1, 2024

million member trade group specified when agents would have to have signed written agreements with buyers, but stressed NAR would not dictate the agreements' terms. In an email, the 1.5

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2023

Achieving success as a real estate agent requires more than simply understanding the mechanics of the job. Here are 10 essential skills every real estate agent should possess. Here are 10 essential skills every real estate agent should possess. Talent for negotiation Negotiation isn’t easy. Another hat to place on your head?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

Under the terms of the settlement agreement , agents will have to have a written agreement with a client in order to work with them as a buyer’s agent. Under these circumstances, the agent or MLS participant would not need a written agreement with the buyer.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

Under the terms of NAR’s settlement agreement, agents will have to have a written agreement with a client in order to work with them as a buyer broker. The trade group recently clarified that these agreements must be signed prior to the agent taking a buyer on a home tour.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

With home prices expected to hold steady and even grow in many markets, real estate agents face a unique market shaped by shifting demographics, evolving buyer expectations and lingering economic uncertainties. In this article Overview: Best Real Estate Software for 2024 PropertyBase Market Leader Wise Agent Zurple BoomTown!

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2020

Rather than a typically busy spring home-buying season , the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the bulk of home-buying this year into the summer months, and real estate agents are busier than ever. Now, agents are showing and selling nonstop. The South followed, at 20%; the Northeast at 13%; but the West actually declined, by 4%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For most real estate agents, working with a reliable lending partner is essential to a smooth and successful transaction. That partnership is everything,” Amy Breach, a Seattle-based Keller Williams agent, told HousingWire in late 2022. The lender and LO can make or break the transaction.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Census Bureau shows how the business landscapes changed for homebuilders , lessors, agents , brokerages and other real estate professionals in the first full year after the pandemic began. It was also a year in which many agents and brokers started new firms. That total was a 4.9% There were 102,235 firms in 2021, surging 11.5%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

Bonnie Williamson never intended to be a real estate agent. million – brokerages have become less focused on attracting new agents into the industry and instead more focused on increasing the productivity of the agents they have. Just how we do contracts now is so much faster.

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Inman

MAY 8, 2023

Solid communication, attention to detail and a willingness to go the extra mile are all necessary to create a well-thought-out contract package.

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

What Does 'Under Contract' Mean in Real Estate? You've decided to buy a home and whether it's your first home or your tenth you're likely to stumble across homes that are listed as 'under contract' on the real estate listing. Then, you look at the status and that other shoe finally has a chance to drop: it's "under contract."

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Inman

MARCH 24, 2023

Terms of the contract were not disclosed. The team closed the priciest sale in Orange County last year with a $55 million property in Crystal Cove and was named the No. 1 large team nationwide in the 2023 Ellie Awards.

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Inman

AUGUST 30, 2023

From financing to contingencies, Eric Bramlett walks you through creating a compelling contract to come out on top in multiple offer scenarios.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

Three agents formerly affiliated with Keller Williams Realty — Jerri L. Allegations include breach of contract and unjust enrichment, with damages sought at $250 million. The following day, Bueker, a former KW agent from 2003 to 2011, filed a similar complaint in the U.S. “To Moulder, David L. Bueker and Robert E.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

billion in damages to residential home sellers who successfully proved that the organization – which represents real estate agents at most of the top brokerages in the United States – colluded with other defendants to inflate agent commissions. Unless the decision is appealed, NAR will have to pay at least $1.8

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Inman

APRIL 6, 2023

Providing the highest level of client service means understanding the ins and outs of real estate contracts. Broker Teresa Boardman breaks down the most problematic and error-prone contract elements for you.

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Appraiserblogs

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The lender and the AMC could have applied that veto to the sales agents, using the appraisal as proof positive that the agents derailed this deal. The answer is the listing agents pricing strategy and the buyers agents buying strategy. It's… The post The Sales Agents Derailed This Deal! What is the ROV for?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Real estate agents: You can turn the next quarter into your best one yet by following this profitable and proactive plan. Contact both people you already know as well as those you don’t know People you know are past clients, people in your sphere of influence and real estate agent referrals. It’s your job to let them know.

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