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Better faces $1.86M suit for breaching ad placement agreements 

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million suit for breaching advertising placement agreements with digital and print publisher Meredith Operations Corporation. Better’s advertisements were featured on more than 20 of Meredith’s brands, including Martha Stewart , Better Home & Gardens , Real Simple and Southern Living , agreements attached in the filing showed.

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

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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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CoStar Group finds success through the sale of Homes.com memberships

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During CoStar’s earnings call on Tuesday, Florance insisted that consumers and advertisers prefer a real estate portal with digital twins. “We With recent legal settlements in the real estate industry, we believe that the portals that rely on the lead diversion model could become stressed,’ Florance said.“We

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People movers: Better.com, Credit Plus, Foundation Title & Escrow

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Better.com appointed Diane Yu as its new chief technology officer where she will lead engineering and technical strategy. Yu most recently served as CTO at Comcast for its Advanced Advertising Group, and prior to that, she co-founded and served as CTO at FreeWheel. Have a hiring announcement you want to share?

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Yardi’s rent-setting software illegally drove rent prices up for millions of renters: lawsuit

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Meanwhile, it advertised to renters that RENTmaximizer was giving them “complete visibility” into the market, and provided them with “property performance benchmarking,”the lawsuit stated. Yardi marketed its tools to rental companies as a method to “beat the market” and maximize profits.

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Best real estate continuing education schools for quick and easy license renewal in 2024

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The CE Shop’s real estate continuing education topics may include tax deferred exchanges, real estate finance, USDA rural loans or real estate advertising compliance. For example, Texas agents can choose from the Legal Update Bundle (just the mandatory courses) or the 18-hour Bundle (mandatory courses plus electives).

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A Contract is Born

The Appraiser Coach

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

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