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Maryland home seller files commission lawsuit in Missouri

Housing Wire

The complaint argues that the NAR and the brokerage defendants collude “to impose, implement and enforce anticompetitive restraints that cause home sellers to pay inflated commissions on the sale of their homes, in violation of federal antitrust law.” 27, 2019, and the present.

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With $150M in new funding, Endpoint plans to expand

Housing Wire

Endpoint , a platform that provides buyers, sellers and agents with a completely digital way to close on properties, announced Tuesday that it has secured an additional $150 million in funding. Since officially launching in November 2019, Endpoint claims to have helped real estate professionals close more than $2.5

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Opinion: Here’s what people are getting wrong about real estate commissions

Housing Wire

The Economist also writes that according to a 2019 Brookings Institution report, Realtor fees consumed a quarter of the capital gains earned in an average home sale. It’s true that Brookings did their study back in 2019 and there has been a surge in equity values in the past four years, but still.

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Opinion: Reformed FHA program will offer lenders new business opportunities

Housing Wire

Demand for home-only financing is strong; in 2019, there were more than 200,000 home-only loan applications. And when buyers of manufactured homes are unable to secure a loan, they must eitherscrape together the cash on their own or resort to seller financing—or forgo the purchase altogether.

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Experts optimistic about home sales in 2021

Housing Wire

from December 2019, with all regions (Northeast, Midwest, South, West) reaching double-digit year-over-year increases. HousingWire’s virtual demo days are designed specifically to help mortgage industry decision makers identify the technology solutions they need to operate efficiently and securely. in December following a 2.6%

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Drama mounts in Sitzer trial as HomeServices files a motion for mistrial

Housing Wire

In the podcast, which is from September 2019, roughly five months after this lawsuit was filed, Dalton claimed that he shared “the most effective commission-cutting technique” with the audience, which he claimed was also shared “at our events.”

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HousingStack Phase 4: Lead conversion

Housing Wire

The first is listing tools – the products designed for you to convert potential sellers into listing contracts. And the last area is seller tools or companies that help to convert lookers to buyers (I could probably have thought of a better name here). Seller tools / Buyer conversion tools.

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