Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

On Friday afternoon, my real estate agent called with good news. The agent wished me well and said that she would appreciate a review on her website. What’s especially interesting is that unlike average or low-performing agents, top-performing agents simply don’t lower their commission rates very often. “I

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

District Court for Northern California, accusing the real estate industry of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. The National Association of REALTORS will respond to this complaint in court.” 8, 2019, and the present.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

HomeServices first filed its motion to compel arbitration in March 2020, less than a year after the lawsuit was originally filed. Under Missouri state law, HomeServices of America would have needed to have been named as a third-party beneficiary on the client contracts.

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Lamacchia Realty

DECEMBER 11, 2023

THE HIDDEN COSTS OF SELLING YOUR HOME WITHOUT A REALTOR® There is no denying it, the housing market has been a rollercoaster over the last several years. From the Covid-19 driven frenzy in 2020 to the significant inventory slowdown this year , buyers , sellers , and agents have all had adapt and grow comfortable with change.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In late October 2023, a Missouri jury found HomeServices of America, as well as Keller Williams and the National Association of Realtors , liable for colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A judgment as a matter of law is permissible if there is no legally sufficient basis for a reasonable jury to find for the nonmoving party (in this instance, the plaintiffs) on the issue. Warner claimed that Blefari’s statements were not a rule for agents to follow, but an example of what Blefari would do.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Originally filed in December 2020, the Nosalek lawsuit , alleges that MLS PIN, Keller Williams and HomeServices of America have colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Leal also asked Saris to give the DOJ until Feb.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

When the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed last week the changes it would like to see in how real estate agents and brokers are compensated through its statement of interest filed in the MLS Property Information Network commission lawsuit , few in the real estate industry were surprised by the agency’s desire to decouple commissions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Each year RealTrends releases its list of the highest performing real estate agents in the country, and, like clockwork, Ben Caballero of Dallas-based HomesUSA tops the list. In 2020, Cabellero reported 6,409 transaction sides — or 18 home sales a day — for a deal volume of $2.2 And are these numbers for real?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Like the other copycat commission lawsuits, the plaintiff James Tuccori, an Illinois resident who purchased a home listed on the local MLS in 2018 with the help of an @properties agent, is accusing real estate industry players of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Named after its lead plaintiff, the Nosalek suit alleges that MLS PIN, HomeServices of America , Keller Williams , RE/MAX and Anywhere colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. The suit was first filed in 2020 in U.S. District Court in Boston.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Originally filed in 2020 in U.S. District Court in Boston, the Nosalek suit alleges that MLS PIN, Keller Williams , RE/MAX , Anywhere and HomeServices of America colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

“Back then, principal brokers who formed a company recruited agents to help them take care of referrals.”. Back in 2017, RealTrends partnered with the California Association of Realtors to study real estate teams. in 2020 over 2019. in 2020 over 2019. sides in 2020 versus 106.9 The result?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

A report published by the Government Accountability Office in July 2021, found that as of August 2020, FEMA’s debt was $20.5 Both NAR and Fannie Mae seek a policy that requires more disclosure – especially amid a real estate or mortgage transaction – about a home’s flood history and future risk assessment.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Originally filed in 2019, the lawsuit won class-action status shortly after, and alleges that some NAR rules, including one that requires listing brokers to offer buyers’ brokers a commission in order to list a property in a Realtor-affiliated MLS, violate the Sherman Antitrust Act by inflating seller costs.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

But what makes Redfin different – what makes it radically, transformatively different – is that it classifies real estate agents as employees. These employee agents are exceedingly more productive than the average independent contractor agent. million real estate agents. A profitable division.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The researchers seized on a dataset that prior to 2020 was never available to the public or researchers: the buyer commission rates sellers offer when they list their homes for sale. In previous statements, NAR has claimed sites like Zillow and Realtor.com have nullified any ability agents may have previously had to steer clients.

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McKissock

AUGUST 24, 2020

This piece, written by RISMedia Staff, gives an overview of the recently released 2020 Market Recovery Survey from the National Association of REALTORS ® (NAR). Survey results show that “the real estate rebound is coming as buyers continue making their way back onto the market.” Industry News.

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Listing Spark

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

When searching for discount realtors in Dallas, you may notice a lot of options at your disposal. It can be a challenge to understand what’s important to look for when finding the right company or Realtor to sell your house in a “non-traditional” way. What does a traditional agent charge in Dallas-Fort Worth?

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Listing Spark

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

When searching for discount realtors in Houston, you may notice a lot of options at your disposal. It can be a challenge to understand what’s important to look for when finding the right company or Realtor to sell your house in a “non-traditional” way. What does a traditional agent charge in Houston, TX?

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Listing Spark

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

When searching for discount realtors in Austin, you may notice a lot of options at your disposal. It can be a challenge to understand what’s important to look for when finding the right company or Realtor to sell your house in a “non-traditional” way. What does a traditional agent charge in Austin, TX?

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Listing Spark

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

When searching for discount realtors in San Antonio, you may notice a lot of options at your disposal. It can be a challenge to understand what’s important to look for when finding the right company or Realtor to sell your house in a “non-traditional” way. What does a traditional agent charge in San Antonio, TX?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

Among those targets were a Memphis-based real estate company and a title company in Washington state that combined were swindled out of more than $200,000 through the scam. The victims targeted can be lenders, real estate agents, title companies and other escrow agents, attorneys as well as homebuyers and sellers.

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PennyMac

APRIL 2, 2020

Step 4: Find the Right Real Estate Agent. The help and guidance provided by a real estate agent or REALTOR ® can be priceless, particularly for first-time homebuyers or those searching in an unfamiliar area. But be sure you’ve done your research before opting out of using an agent.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 7, 2022

“Societal acceptance levels of the LGBTQ+ community are at an all-time high, allowing for a record number of American adults to self-identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community,” said Dave Gervase, President of the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance and a Florida real estate agent.

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Houston Properties

JANUARY 13, 2021

What’s shocking is (through the end of 2020) about 23% of Houston neighborhoods in specific areas are still selling at LOWER PRICES than before Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017. Top Ranked Realtors: Paige Martin & The Houston Properties Team. 2020 was the best year in American history for personal income. So, what did they do?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2022

Never in her decades-long career did Giguiere think she might be responsible for monitoring and reporting potential criminal activity in the real estate market. “It It is just ridiculous to put that on real estate agents and companies,” Giguiere said. That is not the role of a real estate agent.

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The Robert Weiler Company

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

And undeveloped land is increasingly attractive for investors after favorable reports from the Ohio REALTORS®. As a whole, commercial real estate has seen great success in 2022, despite rising interest rates. Let’s dive into what real estate agents can expect from the Buckeye State as we continue in 2022.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2022

million in 2020 to $24.9 In the past year, NFTs pole vaulted from mostly commodifying art and digital assets to an array of spheres including – very preliminarily – real estate. It also gives real estate agents ideas. How a real estate NFT works today…. That could be a solution.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

As a firm, The PLS.com took issue with the National Association of Realtors’ so-called “pocket listing ban ,” filing a lawsuit in May 2020 that was ultimately dismissed earlier this week. The way I look at it is that there are enough real estate agents in the country that want to change and we don’t have to be for everybody.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Real estate agents in New York City — and across the country — are cheering for Florance. The information they gathered from taking pictures of buildings and developing relationships with commercial real estate agents led to a role in facilitating transactions, Florance said. CoStar reported $1.44

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

One significant factor behind the lack of evolution in the appraisal industry is that the American housing market has grown at a much higher rate than the pool of licensed professionals that are legally certified to appraise residential real estate. In 2020, the use of “blind” appraisal waivers reached staggering, record highs.

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Quicken Loans

JULY 8, 2021

The median price of an existing home according to the National Association of REALTORS ® was $350,300 in May. above where prices were in May 2020. 1 Important Legal Notice: Econoday has attempted to verify the information contained in this calendar. Let’s start with where prices are currently. It’s a new record high and 23.6%

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Quicken Loans

JUNE 10, 2021

According to the latest report from the National Association of REALTORS ® , existing home sales were down 2.7% Because April 2020 was in the teeth of the pandemic shutdowns, it’s more fair to look at April 2019. 1 Important Legal Notice: Econoday has attempted to verify the information contained in this calendar. The Big Story.

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Clear Capital

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

So there’s this real estate agent, right? Like, why are they so worried about like physical violence from this one realtor? The thing about the qualifications is the only reason they exist and the only reason there’s a very tedious process is because of how fundamentally broken the legal system is.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

has ruled that the Department of Justice can reopen its investigation into the National Association of Realtors. 2020, in which the DOJ agreed to close its investigation into NAR. In 2020, the DOJ’s antitrust division agreed to a settlement after investigating the trade groups listing and agent compensation policies.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2021

And yet, in a complete breach of commitment and legal precedent, the DOJ backed out of an agreement with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) that would more explicitly state the spirit and intent of NAR’s Code of Ethics and MLS guidelines in some key areas. And agents are competing every day on compensation and customer service.

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