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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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Opinion: Here’s the latest data on what Realtors are witnessing in the housing market

Housing Wire

The monthly Realtors Confidence Index helps to dispel many of the myths and cut through the noise of what is currently happening in the market. The National Association of Realtors Research Group has produced the index since 2008, at a time of turmoil in the real estate market. All cash buyers now stand at 24%. Historically 2.5

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Pending home sales rise for the first time since May 2022

Housing Wire

Pending home sales ended 2022 on a positive note. according to data released Friday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. “We Interested buyers are out there. After six consecutive months of declines, the Pending Home Sales Index rose 2.5%

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How the buyer commission lawsuits could upend the relationship between agents and LOs

Housing Wire

That partnership is everything,” Amy Breach, a Seattle-based Keller Williams agent, told HousingWire in late 2022. Attorneys, Realtors and clients are a big part of our repeat business.” But three multibillion-dollar class action antitrust lawsuits looming over the real estate industry may soon reshape how buyers interact with agents.

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Pending home sales fell 7.1% in August

Housing Wire

in August, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). below the August 2022 level. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. Pending home sales, like new home sales, are based on contract signings. All four regions of the U.S.

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Existing-home sales have nowhere to go but up in 2024? 

Housing Wire

million, according to the N ational Association of Realtors. Compared to October 2022, existing home sales slumped 14.6%, down from 4.44 Homes typically go under contract a month or two before the closing, which means the October data largely reflects purchase decisions made in August and September. months in October 2022.

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Three trends to watch in 2023

Housing Wire

This article is part of our Housing 2022-23 forecast series. In the first few months of 2022, primary-residence buyers and second-home buyers (investors and vacation buyers) flocked to the market at a frenzied pace under the correct assumption that mortgage rates would rise.

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