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A Contract is Born

The Appraiser Coach

What makes a contract a contract? Is it the legal prose, the professional typesetting, or the date across the top? I’m no lawyer, but my mentor once told me that. Read More.

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Better faces $1.86M suit for breaching ad placement agreements 

Housing Wire

million suit for breaching advertising placement agreements with digital and print publisher Meredith Operations Corporation. Digital mortgage lender Better Home & Finance faces a $1.86

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EasyKnock under fire for “deceptive” sale-leaseback practices in Massachusetts

Housing Wire

According to the attorney general’s office, their investigation found that “EasyKnock targeted consumers with online advertisements that used loan-like language and failed to adequately disclose that the company’s products require the consumer to sell their home to EasyKnock.”

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5 best Arizona real estate schools for 2024

Housing Wire

Prospective Arizona real estate agents must fulfill a 90-hour prelicensing program from an Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE)-approved school and pass a six-hour contract writing course , for a total of 96 class hours. Course includes contracts used in real estate transactions with samples and practical contract completion exercises.

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Why the US MLS system is the envy of other countries

Housing Wire

Solicitors are legally required when purchasing a home in Ireland.). They also had to pay for the brokerage sign outside their home, newspaper advertising, online ads and the brochures for potential buyers. Not to mention all the other financial, legal and community details real estate agents help consumers understand.

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Zillow tries to swat away REX anti-trust lawsuit

Housing Wire

REX replied to the legal filing in a company statement Monday. Late last year, the Rich Barton-led firm began entering into contracts with Multiple Listings Services – most of which are owned by the NAR – and receiving those MLS’s Internet data display, or IDX feeds.

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CFPB, senators pledge to look at house-flipping business practices

Housing Wire

I actually met with some Minnesota community leaders about contract-for-deed targeting certain immigrant groups across the country,” Chopra said.

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