Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

It is unsurprising, then, that Texas has seen a boom in new real estate brokerage offices in the past five years. 1 brokerage by listing count from 2019 through 2023. The top 10 brokerages in Dallas by listing count were responsible for 12,145 listings in 2023. of the MLS listings held by these brokerages in 2019 to 7.2%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Real Brokerage continues to add to its agent count. Led by Carrie Théard and Sean Hettich, District South’s 40 agents serve home buyers and sellers in Louisiana’s Acadiana region. Hettich got his start in real estate at a large national brokerage, while Théard has a successful career as an agent at a small local boutique firm. “By

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

These housing professionals have been gaming out the potential impact on buyers’ agents – a significant source of referrals. Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

But all of that changed on Thursday, when Whaley’s counsel filed an amended complaint naming 15 brokerages as defendants. What remains unchanged is the central focus of the lawsuit — NAR’s Participation Rule which requires listing brokers to make a blanket offer of compensation to buyer’s brokers in order to list a property on an MLS.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Like with most things in life, real estate brokerages come in a variety of shapes and size, from white-glove service firms to discount brokerages to flat-fee firms that offer al a carte services. Every big brokerage has some of them, but if you think about some of the most productive agents, a lot of them sit on Compass’ platform.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

million settlement with plaintiffs in two bombshell buyer commission lawsuits have been made public, and they stipulate that the brokerage conglomerate make significant changes to its practices. Anywhere will eliminate any minimum client commission requirements that company owned brokerages may have.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Central to the complaint is NAR’s Participation Rule, which requires listing brokers to make a blanket offer of compensation to buyer brokers in order to list a property on the MLS. “By By enforcing this mandate, the NAR establishes an anticompetitive market where sellers are coerced into subsidizing the buyer’s costs.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The allure of the name recognition of large national brands is causing many independent brokerages to affiliate as mortgage rates rise and housing inventory remains low. The brokerage, which was founded in 1976 by Gene Boone, will now be known as RE/MAX Foxfire.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A Kansas City jury has found the National Association of Realtors , HomeServices of America and Keller Williams guilty of colluding to inflate or maintain high commission rates through NAR’s Clear Cooperation Rule, in the Sitzer/Burnett buyer broker commission lawsuit. The defendants have been ordered to pay damages of $1.78

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Real Estate News

MARCH 27, 2024

Brokerages and agents need to communicate exactly how they serve buyers, just as they do for sellers — and what value those services bring to clients.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2024

In addition to RE/MAX, Anywhere and Keller Williams, NAR, Douglas Elliman , Realty One Group , At World Properties, Compass , HomeServices of America and The Real Brokerage, have also reached settlement agreements. As part of their settlement agreements, Anywhere, RE/MAX and Keller Williams have agreed to pay $83.5 26, 2024.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Those too young to remember the wild west of real estate believe that real estate commissions have always been evenly split between seller’s and buyer’s agents, with each receiving a portion of the sale price. This misconception obscures the reality that, historically, buyers lacked formal representation.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2020

The line between traditional iBuyer and brokerage is getting ever-so-blurry for venture-backed startup Opendoor. Hanging your license with Opendoor Brokerage as an independent contractor means you are eligible for a consistent, steady stream of highly motivated seller & buyer clients,” the job post reads.

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Real Estate News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

West Penn MLS and multiple brokerage companies are defendants in the latest buyer-broker commission suit filed Monday by home sellers in Western Pennsylvania.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

In fact, the sweet spot for acquisitions over the next couple of years is going to be the small one-office brokerage firms.” With the headwinds facing the real estate industry, Wright and Murray believe smaller brokerage firms will be looking for a place to land, making acquisitions a possibility for even one-office, 25 agent firms.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Homelendia Mortgage LLC, a Florida-based mortgage brokerage franchisor, launched its mortgage brokerage franchises this week, offering individual unit and regional opportunities to qualified individuals, teams, brokerages and loan originators. That changes now,” Homelendia CEO Frank Chimento said in a press release.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

The slower housing market and uncertain economic conditions took their toll on the number of real estate brokerages and firms that were named to Inc. Last year , over 60 real estate brokerage firms or real estate teams made the list, but this number shrank to just 36 in 2023. The self-reported list ranks U.S. 186 spot on the Inc.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

For the past month, much of the focus has been placed on the potential negative changes the agreement may cause, including more buyers being unrepresented, an uptick in dual licensing and potential hardships for low-income buyers, including those that utilize Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

California-based home equity investment firm Splitero launched its own real estate brokerage , Splitero Homes, this week. Our brokerage is unique,” Michael Gifford told HousingWire. “It’s Since this model is dependent on selling the home quickly, their move into real estate brokerage is an attempt to control that.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

As for the defendants, real estate brokerages River Point Realty , Bovard-Anderson , Priority Realty , Rubinoff Realty Services and Found It PA were added in the amended complaint. The addition of the five local brokerages is not the only recent change to the list of defendants. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

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Inman

APRIL 24, 2024

Buyers and sellers are confused about the new rules of the road. Trainer Bernice Ross and Jeff Lobb discuss how agents can change up the conversation and add clarity and confidence.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

At the crux of the case is the allegation that commission rates are too high, it’s unfair that the seller pays the buyer’s agent’s commission, and that the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Code of Conduct and MLS Handbook lead to set pricing. ” What’s at stake?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

Tech-focused real estate brokerage Radius , flush with $14 million in venture capital raised this past April, has launched a mortgage lending arm in California that it plans to roll out to additional markets sometime next year. Presented by: Axis Technical Group.

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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. “We

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

For many real estate brokerages and roughly 1 million Realtors, the nationwide settlement agreement that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) negotiated due to the ongoing commission lawsuits marks the end of their cooperative compensation litigation concerns, at least for the time being. billion ), Douglas Elliman ($42.8

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

The rapid run-up in mortgage rates after years of low rates was a shock to buyers and a disincentive for prospective sellers to list their homes. Income did not keep pace with the run-ups in home prices or mortgage rates, shrinking the pool of prospective buyers who can meet this rule of thumb.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 19, 2023

In light of ongoing lawsuits, brokers need to prepare their buyer agents to communicate their value and respond to objections around agreements and fees.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

launched Claire, a generative artificial intelligence -powered, zero-commission buyers’ agent chatbot, the company announced on Wednesday. The tool helps match buyers with the ideal property while providing insights into market trends and property values. Real estate technology company reAlpha Tech Corp.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

The world of real estate brokerage mergers and acquisitions has been turned on its head in the past 12 months. Buyers and sellers alike must learn to navigate these uncharted waters. Lower multiples Most of us still remember hearing the stories about the large companies gobbling up brokerages at six times EBITDA, or even more.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Yet another national real estate brokerage firm has reached a settlement agreement in two of the major class action antitrust lawsuits facing the real estate industry. According to the plaintiffs, commission sharing inflates the costs for consumers, in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. In fact, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Paris-based brokerage is launching its Florida operation on Friday, marking its first expansion into the U.S. According to iad, the brokerage is the No. 1 brokerage by transaction sides in France, as well as No.3 The firm was founded in 2008 and currently operates in France, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Germany and Mexico.

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Real Estate News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Between investor purchases and property management, it can be a lucrative business for brokerages — and a source of buyer leads. The rental market is massive.

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Real Estate News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Another buyer-broker commissions lawsuit, filed Dec. 8, names NAR, San Francisco-area associations, BAREIS MLS and five national brokerages.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Honing new skills With the settlement agreement including terms like a mandatory buyer agency agreement and a ban on displaying offers of cooperative compensation via listings on the MLS, it is understandable that some agents would like more guidance from NAR on what these terms will look like in practice. “It More off-MLS listings?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Even with demand buoyed by a sparse housing inventory, growing financial challenges for buyers are forcing home sellers to cut prices to close deals, a new Redfin research report found. According to the brokerage, 6.5% Buyers are picky and they don’t want to pay a dollar more than they need to,” the report said. the month prior.

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