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Judge denies HomeServices’ motion for mistrial in commission lawsuit

Housing Wire

HomeServices continues defense testimony Once proceedings began on Thursday, Dave Stevens, the former head of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), was the first to take the witness stand, called by HomeServices. He testified that, in most cases, homebuyers would be unable to include buyer agent commission costs into their financing.

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Opinion: Real estate is already changing, despite commission lawsuit’s outcome

Housing Wire

Phillip Cantrell is the CEO of Benchmark Realty LLC based in Franklin, Tennessee and the executive vice president of Strategy for United Real Estate. The rule change will prohibit listing brokers from paying buyer’s agents and will instead require sellers to pay them directly if they choose to pay them at all. Look around.