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Lower mortgage rates are stabilizing the housing market

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As you can see from the chart above, the last several years have not had the FOMO (fear of missing out) housing credit boom we saw from 2002-2005. These were forced credit sellers, which means these sellers don’t sell to buy a home like a traditional seller does. Total inventory levels. NAR: Total Inventory levels 1.22

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Ishbia gets NBA Board of Governors’ blessing to buy the Phoenix Suns

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The seller is Robert Sarver, managing partner of Suns Legacy Holdings , which owns the Phoenix Suns and Mercury. He was a backup point guard from 1998-2002 and won a national championship. The transaction, which values the Suns and Mercury at $4 billion, first became public in December. The executive acquired both teams in 2004.

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Judge denies HomeServices’ motion for ‘judgment as a matter of law’ in Sitzer suit

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Frazier also testified that the average commission at ReeceNichols is 2.75% for both buyer and seller agents. According to Frazier, homebuyers working with ReeceNichols agents sign a buyer agreement that if the seller doesn’t pay the buyer agent’s fees, then the buyer will pay the fee themselves. They were guidelines.

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Opinion: All the ways the class-action commission lawsuits are misguided

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No seller must use a real estate agent to sell a home — ever. They may buy directly from a seller, whether that seller is represented by an agent or not. RealTrends + Harris Insights ‘ studies from 2002, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2014, and 2019 all show that consumers know that commissions are negotiable.

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The 100-years-war over real estate commissions

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In 2002, Natalya Delcoure and Norman Miller, two real estate economists, set about to learn what fees consumers pay real estate agents in America. They were especially interested in real estate commissions. What Decloure and Miller discovered was somewhat shocking. That’s part two, coming up Thursday.

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Gary Keller, Bob Goldberg, Gino Blefari depositions on commissions shared with the jury

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According to Ketchmark, the home sellers paid an average of $6,700 to the buyer’s agent in the transactions, adding up to $1.78 In the script the seller asks the agent if he or she can reduce their commission, stating that they would like to save money. billion in damages. I reported the numbers and walked off the stage.”

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The housing market is now savagely unhealthy

Housing Wire

My concern now is that some sellers are feeling stressed about this market, which should never happen because this is the best seller market ever. However, a seller is also a natural homebuyer, unless they’re an investor. You can see why some sellers are stressed now. People who sell need to live somewhere.