Housing Wire
APRIL 9, 2024
On Monday, the independent brokerage announced that it had acquired Springfield, Massachusetts-based Sears Real Estate. Founded in 1971 by Paul Sears, Sears Real Estate is owned and operated by the family of current National Association of Realtors president Kevin Sears. Kevin Sears, President of National Association of Realtors. “It
Housing Wire
OCTOBER 26, 2023
She said that HomeServices does not meddle in operations, give advice, or advise on commissions or how the brokerage approaches Realtor association membership. Frazier also told the jury that ReeceNichols does not require agents to be members of the National Association of Realtors , but the local MLS does.
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Housing Wire
MAY 3, 2023
Relatedly, discount brokerages have promised big savings to sellers for decades. The National Association of Realtors and several of the country’s top real estate brokerages are going to trial in a class-action commissions lawsuit that has potential damages of $13 billion. They were wrong. They’ve never caught on.
Housing Wire
APRIL 26, 2022
The National Association of Realtors – the trade group that purports to represent real estate businesses, agents, and consumers – and arguably the four biggest companies in residential real estate: Realogy , Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices of America , RE/MAX , and Keller Williams. The defendants?
Housing Wire
OCTOBER 19, 2023
The third day of the highly consequential Sitzer/Burnett class action buyer broker commission lawsuit included a deep dive into the training materials used by various brokerages and the testimony of three of the named plaintiffs. In her deposition, Figgs said that since sending the email to Gonzalez, she had “largely dismissed” the study.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Because of that, and several other reasons, gross margins for real estate brokerage firms are declining with no real end in sight. In 2015, according to RealTrends data, gross margins were at 16.4% for the largest brokerage companies in the United States. Another factor is that leading market-share brokerage ?rms
Housing Wire
JANUARY 10, 2024
The study’s findings are far below the 12 sales per year for the median agent suggested by the National Association of Realtors’ annual member survey , which the study attributes to sample bias for the survey – successful and full-time agents are more likely to respond to the survey than unsuccessful or part-time agents. .”
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