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The title industry’s latest cat-and-mouse game: seller impersonation fraud

Housing Wire

Secret Service , notified the title industry of a rise in what is known as vacant lot fraud, or seller impersonation fraud. “We We started to hear a lot about seller impersonation fraud early on in the year,” Tyler Adams, the CEO of CertifID, said. “We Oftentimes this leads to the discovery of vacant lots.

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

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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%.

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New (and unusual) commission lawsuit alleges collusion in Sin City

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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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HomeServices of America dismissed from Batton 1 commission case

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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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Existing home sales ended the year with a whimper in 2022

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The phrase “in like a lion, out like a lamb” is typically used to describe the month of March, but it is also applicable to existing home sales trends in 2022. million, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released Friday. million existing homes were sold in 2022, down 17.8% After posting a 6.5%

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

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The watchdog group reached this conclusion in a report released Tuesday, in which the group examined 43 different contracts from 37 states, with most of the sample contracts coming from state or local Realtors associations. This provision has the potential to inflate seller or buyer costs,” the report states.

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New Orleans litigator files commission lawsuit against Latter & Blum

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District Court in New Orleans, home seller plaintiff Joseph C. The lawsuit names the National Association of Realtors and Keller Williams as co-conspirators, but they are not defendants in the suit. “The 26 firm in the RealTrends 500 for transaction sides, after its agents closed 16,658 transaction sides in 2022.

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