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Payload partners with PDS to integrate SoftPro

Housing Wire

The integration also aims to tackle the payment procedure during a real estate closing, in which several parties receive payments through sources like broker/agent commissions, underwriter fees, title search fees, taxes, payoffs and seller proceeds. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), check fraud has increased by 65% since 2015.

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“Collusion,” agent training are the focus on day three of the Sitzer/Burnett trial

Housing Wire

Ketchmark also highlighted Figgs’ notes from a May 2015 Keller Williams meeting, in which she wrote that “ Gary [Keller] believes strongly in collusion theory for why commissions are stable. ‘Co-opetition.’” Ketchmark countered this with the fact that nothing on the slides designated things as a model. Co-opetition.’”

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The doxing saga of Michael Arrington’s Miami mansion?

Housing Wire

The home was originally designed in 2015 by Florida-based architect Cesar Molina. The sellers that Arrington bought the home from, purchased the home in November 2018 for $10.4 But in my experience, you don’t see it where it goes the distance, and somebody sues. million, according to property records.

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The doxing saga of Michael Arrington’s Miami mansion?

Housing Wire

The home was originally designed in 2015 by Florida-based architect Cesar Molina. The sellers that Arrington bought the home from, purchased the home in November 2018 for $10.4 But in my experience, you don’t see it where it goes the distance, and somebody sues. million, according to property records.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory falls even lower

Housing Wire

Mortgage rate volatility was so wild in the second half of 2022 and even this year that some home sellers are gun-shy in listing their homes, since they will be buying another one. The housing market tracker is designed to give an outlook for the future, and as I have written, the housing market dynamics changed starting Nov.

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Non-Arms Length Sales for Appraisers

Appraisal Today

The 7 Sale Types Explained Excerpts: An arm’s length sale – a sale in which the buyers and sellers act independently and in their own self-interest is the most common type of real estate transaction. A non-arm’s length sale in real estate is a transaction between a seller and buyer who have a connection by marriage, family, work, etc.

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What it Takes to Be a Celebrity Real Estate Agent

McKissock

In turn, we have our celebrity or well-recognized seller put away all family photos and awards which would have their name or information that could giveaway who lives in the home. Her tenacity, drive, and genuine care for her clients have lead Amy to be named one of New York City’s Top 100 Real Estate Agents in 2015.