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Consumer advocacy group: Buyer agency agreements often contain “unfair” terms

Housing Wire

As brokerages across the country have begun implementing buyer agency contracts into their business practices in the wake of the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit verdict, the Consumer Federation of America is warning consumers that they may be filled with “unfair provisions” that primarily protect agents and brokers.

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Buyers are getting cold feet as mortgage rates exceed 7%: Redfin

Housing Wire

Buyers facing high mortgage rates are pulling out of their home-purchase agreements at the highest rate in nearly a year. in August 2022 and marks the highest percentage since October 2022, when mortgage rates surpassed 7% for the first time in two decades. That rate is up from 14.3% That rate is up from 14.3% The median U.S.

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Buyers take power from sellers. It’s their turn.

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Buyers are gaining power. UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 7/20/2022 Beer & Stats at Out of Bounds (sign up (for real estate agents)) 7/26/2022 Navigating […]. And sellers are losing it. I have some new visuals to show what the market is doing right now. These are for Sacramento, but I suspect many areas look similar.

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DataDigest: Yes, buyer agents steer clients, new study claims

Housing Wire

Three researchers believe a first-of-its-kind dataset has enabled them to definitively answer a long-debated question: why have buyer agent commission rates been so stable historically? So how is the uniformity and permanence of buyer agents’ 2-3% rate possible in a free market? One of the researchers, Will Fried, had a hunch.

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Home sales drop in July as high interest rates spook buyers

Housing Wire

compared to July 2022. Median home prices there were roughly unchanged from the same period in 2022. Average mortgage rates rose by about a half percentage point in May and June, pricing some buyers out and limiting closed sales in July. month over month and 23.8% The median price for a home was $467,500, up 5.5% a year ago.

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As rising mortgage rates push buyers to the brink, sellers are starting to cut prices

Housing Wire

Even with demand buoyed by a sparse housing inventory, growing financial challenges for buyers are forcing home sellers to cut prices to close deals, a new Redfin research report found. home sale price rose 3% year over year, reaching $420,846 in August, the largest annual increase since October 2022. According to the brokerage, 6.5%

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eXP’s Glenn Sanford is “concerned” about the commission lawsuit’s impact on buyers

Housing Wire

I actually started out as a buyer’s agent myself… and I see buyer’s agency as being a very valuable tool for buyers,” Sanford said during the Q&A session. I’m concerned, quite frankly, about what this might mean to buyers who may not be able to afford representation if things change up too much.” million to $14.90

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