Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

District Court in Las Vegas by Nathaniel Whaley, who sold a home in Las Vegas in April 2022 and paid a buyer broker commission. Unlike other commission lawsuit, the Whaley suit only names Realtor associations as defendants. 15, 2020, and the present.

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Realtors Real Estate Agent Real Estate Sellers 450

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While mortgage rates have been trending lower, rates are still higher than 12 months ago, but some experts anticipate that the downward pressure on rates will provide opportunities for buyers. in February 2022. For the buyer of a median-priced home, these lower prices translate into a $9,800 savings on a 20% down payment.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

The settlement agreement also mandates that MLS participants working with buyers must enter into a written buyer broker agreement. Offering cooperative compensation is legal in all 50 states and the four territories that we have Realtor associations, so we didn’t want to usurp state laws,” Sears said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

Pending home sales ended 2022 on a positive note. according to data released Friday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Interested buyers are out there. After six consecutive months of declines, the Pending Home Sales Index rose 2.5% month over month in December to a reading of 76.9,

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Contracts Realtors Mortgage Buyers 421

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

million homeowners added between 2012 and 2022. According to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) titled “A Snapshot of Race and Home Buying in America,” Asian and Hispanic Americans achieved historic heights in homeownership rates in 2022 of 63.3% and 51.1%, respectively. The overall U.S.

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Buyers Inventory Realtors Mortgage 450

Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

It was the largest annualized increase recorded since November 2022. in February, the fastest annual rate since November 2022. Meanwhile, the National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales increased by 9.5% National Home Price Index posted a 6.4% the previous month. the previous month. and New York.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Another 125 basis points in hikes are still to come in 2022, with a federal funds rate topping out well above 4%. It’s transitioning to a buyers’ market, as 20% of sellers had a price reduction in August 2022, compared with 11% a year ago,” said Rich Weidel, CEO at Princeton Mortgage. Not yet anyway.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Homebuyers’ median household income increased by $19,000 this year from 2022, reaching $107,000, according to the National Association of Realtors ’ 2023 Profile of Homebuyers and Sellers. The report is an annual survey of homebuyers and sellers who closed transactions between July 2022 and June 2023.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2023

The monthly Realtors Confidence Index is an essential measure of what real estate professionals are seeing in their local markets and how the market is evolving on a monthly basis. The National Association of Realtors Research Group has produced the index since 2008, a time of turbulence in the real estate market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. After the series wraps, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. 2022 Forecast series. What are the drivers of housing demand in 2022? 5 predictions for the 2022 housing market. The new 2022 houing market environment.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

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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Buyers Realtors Inventory Sellers 479

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While sales are still tracking below last year’s levels, the gap between 2022 and 2023 has narrowed considerably. million, according to the National Association of Realtors. Compared to November 2022, existing home sales retreated 7.3%, down from 4.12 months in November 2022. Existing-home sales grew 0.8% All four U.S.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 16, 2023

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for all of 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® out of the nearly 500 agents in Lamacchia Realty by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the year! Lamacchia Realty, Inc.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

the National Association of Realtors (NAR), et al kicked off this week in a Kansas City, Missouri, federal courtroom, there is a lot at stake for consumers and business competition. Class action attorneys allege real estate commission rates are too high and buyer brokers are being paid too much due to NAR rules. population.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Realtors Buyers 466

Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

The deal comes just days after the federal judge overseeing the commission case in Missouri approved a preliminary settlement that will see the National Association of Realtors and multiple other residential brokerages collectively pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and make large-scale changes to longstanding commission policies.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Known as Batton 2, after the lead plaintiff Mya Batton, the lawsuit accuses Compass , eXp World Holdings , Redfin , Weichert Realtors , United Real Estate , Howard Hanna and Douglas Elliman of conspiring to artificially inflate agent commissions, resulting in elevated home-buying costs.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In her dismissal ruling on Tuesday, Wood wrote that the plaintiffs’ request for injunctive relief under the Sherman Antitrust Act “essentially mirror the allegations” made in the original 2021 complaint that she dismissed in May 2022 (which was previously known as the Leeder case). ” Wood also cited the $5.36

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

million, according to the N ational Association of Realtors. Compared to October 2022, existing home sales slumped 14.6%, down from 4.44 lower than October 2022 when inventory was at 1.22 months in October 2022. from October 2022’s $378,800. from October 2022’s $378,800. Existing-home sales dropped 4.1%

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Inventory Realtors New Listings Contracts 410

Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 8, 2024

has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for March 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Shauna was also named in the Boston Agent Magazine’s Who’s Who 2022 edition ! Lamacchia Realty, Inc.

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Realtors Realty Real Estate Agents 71

Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 24, 2022

The share of millennial home buyers increased significantly over the past year, according to the latest study from the National Association of Realtors 2022 Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends report. The post Largest Share of Buyers Purchased Homes in Suburbs, Rural Areas appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Buyers Realtors Sellers Appraisal 150

Lamacchia Realty

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for August 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Laurie is consistently named a top producing REALTOR® for the office as well as company-wide !

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Realtors Realty Real Estate Agents 71

Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

In addition to the monetary award, Real has also agreed to implement business policy changes as part of the settlement, including “clarifications about the negotiability of commissions, prohibitions on claims that buyer agent services are free, and the inclusion of listing broker compensation offers in communications with clients.”

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Brokerage Real Estate Agent Real Estate Clients 384

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

million, according to the National Association of Realtors. Compared to September 2022, existing home sales slumped 15.4%, down from 4.68 million in September 2022. ” On the bright side, home buyers had more homes to choose from in September as housing inventory posted a 2.7% higher than in September 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The modified rule still gives sellers and their listing brokers a role in setting compensation for buyers’ brokers,” the filing states. According to the DOJ, when a seller makes an offer of compensation to the buyer broker, the buyer broker does not need to compete on their compensation price in order to attract clients.

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Sellers Buyers Real Estate Contracts 432

Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 5, 2023

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for December 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Laurie is consistently named a top producing REALTOR® for the office as well as company-wide !

Realtors 72

Realtors Realty Real Estate Agents 72

Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for January 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by the office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Eileen was also named the 2022 winner of the Most Sales Volume and Most Transactions companywide.

Realtors 74

Realtors Realty Real Estate Clients 74

Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 5, 2022

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for September 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Additionally, Eileen was the first to qualify for the 2022 President’s Club !

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Realtors Realty Real Estate Agents 70

Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

The lawsuit names the National Association of Realtors and Keller Williams as co-conspirators, but they are not defendants in the suit. 26 firm in the RealTrends 500 for transaction sides, after its agents closed 16,658 transaction sides in 2022. The plaintiff is demanding damages, a permanent injunction and a jury trial.

Brokerage 421

Brokerage Sellers Realtors Agents 421

Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 7, 2024

has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for February 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Lisa Gray is an experienced REALTOR® working out of the Salem, NH office and is licensed in MA, NH, and ME!

Realtors 72

Realtors Realty Real Estate Clients 72

Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. I hadn’t developed a network for mortgage lending with Realtors,” Woodward said about his work at Interfirst in Indiana. of UWM’s mix in 2021, and company executives expect that number to grow in 2022 as rates climb.

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Mortgage Marketing Retail Lending 522

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) on Wednesday unveiled its state flood disclosure tracker tool , aiming to offer clarity and access to survey existing state disclosure requirements for flood insurance. Data from the Legal Research Center concluded that all 50 states and Washington, D.C., America’s 1.5

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 7, 2022

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for June 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! At the 2022 Company Kick Off Event, Lisa was named a Top Producer for 2021. Lamacchia Realty, Inc.

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Realtors Realty Real Estate Clients 68

Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for October 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Laurie is consistently named a top producing REALTOR® for the office as well as company-wide !

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Realtors Realty Real Estate Agents 65

Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

January’s typical down payment is down 35% from the high recorded in June 2022, but still up 30% compared to pre-pandemic levels. was recorded in May 2022. in 2022 to 19% in 2023) and San Francisco (23.3% in 2022 to 25% in 2023). The less competitive market has also resulted in more buyers using FHA and VA loans.

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Buyers Sellers Mortgage Realtors 410

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

in August, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). below the August 2022 level. Mortgage rates have been rising above 7% since August, which has diminished the pool of home buyers,” Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said. All four regions of the U.S.

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Housing Market Contracts Government Buyers 479

Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 6, 2022

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for May 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Most recently, Bea was named in the Boston Agent Magazine’s Who’s Who for 2022 !

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Realtors Realty Real Estate Clients 67