Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Based on NAR’s settlement, agents working with buyers will need a signed buyer representation agreement starting in mid-July, pending final court approval of the settlement. Bills Clarke said this is exactly how agents already work with sellers, so it shouldn’t be a big deal to implement buyer agreements into a business. “We

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“In the absence of NAR’s Mandatory Offer of Compensation Rule, the expense of buyer broker commissions would be incurred by their clients (homebuyers),” the complaint states. This would lead to competition among buyer brokers to offer lower commission rates. 16, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

In the 24 hours after news broke of the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) settlement agreement in the commission lawsuits , Doug Danzey, the leader of the eXp Realty -brokered teamerage The Cobalt Group , said the most pervasive emotion among his agents has been panic. “I More off-MLS listings? It is really going to go backwards.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Real estate brokerage eXp Realty has entered into an affiliated business agreement with Orlando, Florida -based title fi r m Citrus Closing Group , according to an announcement on Thursday. “We Citrus Closing Group serves clients in the Florida counties of Lake Seminole, Osceola, Orange, and Brevard.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Urban District Realty , a Washington, D.C.-based based brokerage, announced last week the launch of its custom real estate listing system, PROJETO. This system uses virtual reality technology which allows clients to be put in a virtual representation of a property that hasn’t been built yet.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Imagine if you could bottle the enthusiasm your clients have for working with you and use it to capture new business in 2024. In this article, we’ll show how to procure top-notch client testimonials, where and how to share them, and how to leverage them to bolster your reputation and close more deals in 2024.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

PureWest Christie’s International Real Estate , a Montana -based real estate brokerage, is expanding into northern Idaho , the firm announced on Tuesday. The brokerage , which is a longtime affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate, is the largest independently owned brokerage in Montana.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Defendants in the lawsuit include the Florida Association of Realtors , the nation’s largest state Realtor group with 238,000 members, and 16 large local brokerages, with agent counts ranging from 655 to nearly 4,000. 4, 2019 and the present. These allegations are absurd.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

Sotheby’s International Realty is expanding its footprint in the Golden State. The Redding, California-based firm will now operate as Shasta Sotheby’s International Realty. The area is seeing interest from domestic buyer s in major cities alongside the West Coast looking for a change of scenery and slower living.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

While the lawsuit does name large corporate brokerage firms as defendants, including Keller Williams , Side , HomeServices of America , and Fathom Realty , the robust defendant list also includes real estate teams, such as The Loken Group and Hexagon Group , as well as an individual broker, Mark Anthony Dimas.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2021

In the past, when brokers thought about low-fee brokerage firms, they thought of low service. But, there’s a new breed of low-fee brokerage (not to be confused with a discount brokerage which offers a low commission to buyers and sellers), that is a hybrid between a 100% model and a traditional brokerage.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Originally filed in early November, the commission lawsuit known as the March suit , after its lead plaintiff, takes aim at a REBNY Listing Service rule called the Buyer Broker Commission Rule, which states that the brokers “shall each be paid an equal share of the commission as specified in the Exclusive Listing.”

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 19, 2024

April 19, 2024 – Lamacchia Realty is pleased to announce that Lynn Walsh has joined Lamacchia Realty’s Leominster office. Along with being extremely motivated, Lynn is energetic, warm, and straight forward with her clients and never misses a detail. I am thrilled that she has decided to join Lamacchia Realty.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

Remain calm, trust that you are in the right place and go sell real estate,” Wendi Harrelson, the president of Keller Williams Realty International -owned regions, said during the presentation on Monday. Seller concessions is money that is being given by the seller directly to the buyer,” Papasan said. Don’t panic.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Pearson also has concerns about what this will now mean for how she and her agents handle client meetings or how to word things on open house fliers. “I Can we ask if the buyer is represented now? Lisa Chinatti, the broker-owner of Chinatti Realty , doesn’t share Lamacchia’s optimism. “I

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

With several of the major brokerage houses already having settled, NAR was in the untenable position of fighting to protect a business model that was already compromised by the settlements.” An industry insider at a top brokerage shared a similar sentiment. “We It also agreed to prohibit broker compensation appearing in the MLS fields.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

After almost five years of litigation, it is clear that Keller Williams Realty, Inc. In a statement on Wednesday, NAR spokesperson Mantill Williams said that compensation is “always negotiable” between agents and their clients.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Most brokerage leaders know about the multiple challenges facing the real estate industry, not the least of which are the major class-action lawsuits. Meaning, they were counting on buyer agent compensation to pay their bills. How, then, will a buyer agent get paid? Imagine that.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Serhant used this story to illustrate how he manifested this deal by religiously following up with the client. Since then, he has helped the same client purchase multiple properties and has gained loyalty for life. They need to know how many deals and how many buyers they need to work with to meet those targets.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 11, 2023

Lamacchia Realty is proud to announce their ranking as #1 Brokerage overall in Leominster by closed transactions per MLSPIN Brokerage Market Share Report*. The Lamacchia Realty market share county-wide is very strong. Laurie Howe Bourgeois ranked as the number one REALTOR® in both Leominster and Fitchburg for 2022.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 25, 2022

Lamacchia Realty ranked Number One Independent Brokerage by market share in Leominster , Hudson , and Worcester.* Additionally, Lamacchia Realty was ranked the #1 Real Estate Brokerage overall in Leominster! Lamacchia Realty Ranked #1 Brokerage in Leominster. Per MLS PIN Residential property SF, CC, MF.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 12, 2024

Lamacchia Realty achieved multiple Number One Rankings for Market Share in 2023 in Worcester & Leominster. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE The company’s mission has become to guide REALTORS®, employees, and clients to their success.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

million after the brokerage paid its commissions and related expenses. Hart cited two strategic acquisitions, Realty Austin in Texas and DPP in California, as part of its growth strategy. Compass agents are more likely to work in upper-echelon markets where buyers and sellers would work with agents, he said.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 1, 2024

March 1, 2024 – Last night during the Leading Real Estate Companies of World annual conference in Las Vegas , Lamacchia Realty won the award for most Outgoing Referrals out of all Category Five companies! I’m thrilled that we’ve won this award and even more thrilled that we helped so many clients relocate this year!

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Lamacchia Realty Worcester office is number one overall for closed transactions and is number one independent for sales volume in all of Worcester County in 2023. The brokerage is number one independent firm in the city of Worcester by both closed transactions and sales volume. Get to know all the Worcester Office REALTORS® here!

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Lamacchia Realty

MAY 7, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. Her reason for becoming a real estate agent is to continue her desire to work with people and have clients be as happy with their lifestyle as she is providing it to them. She prides herself on being honest and trustworthy and works tirelessly to provide her clients with the best possible experience.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2023

While it’s certainly buzzworthy technology, it’s been met with reticence in the brokerage world. In a recent RealTrends BrokerPulse , real estate brokerage leaders responded that they are embracing artificial intelligence (AI), they are doing so cautiously. ”

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 12, 2024

Lamacchia Realty’s Leominster office is the number one office overall by both sales volume and closed transactions in the city of Leominster as well as the number one brokerage by both sales volume and closed transactions. Either way you cut it, no one sells more homes in Leominster than Lamacchia Realty.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

It was mid-February when clients, family and friends began asking Jason Posnick about strange postcards appearing in their mailboxes. Thanks to Lisa Chinatti, the broker-owner at Chinatti Realty Group , he was not completely caught off guard. Lisa is super on the pulse.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 8, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. Her reason for becoming a real estate agent is to continue her desire to work with people and have clients be as happy with their lifestyle as she is providing it to them. Jason’s unmatched dedication to his clients provides results-oriented customer service and stellar communication.

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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. Eileen is a member of the Lamacchia Realty 2017 , 2018, 2019 , 2020, 2021, and 2022 President’s Club , and the 2020 , 2021, 2022 President’s Club ELITE. To round out the year, Eileen took home the award for Most Acquired Clients companywide. Click here to learn more about Eileen Doherty.

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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

After over a decade of serving buyers and sellers in New Hampshire, Lamacchia Realty is in the process of opening their first branch office in The Granite State! Anthony Lamacchia Broker/Owner of Lamacchia Realty “I am thrilled that we have finally opened a New Hampshire branch office!

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 7, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. Cheryl’s primary focus is on assisting clients in buying and selling their homes, and she takes great pride in guiding them through the entire process, from the closing table and beyond. As a people person, Lisa loves building long-lasting relationships with her clients.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2022

“My Coldwell Banker agent office policy insists that we do not cut commission under any circumstance,” said one agent who requested anonymity to speak candidly about her company, which is part of the Realogy brokerage conglomerate. Gorman’s comments confuse me.”. Justice Department antitrust inquiry into NAR. Filed with the court on Nov.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 11, 2023

Lamacchia Realty achieved multiple Number One Rankings for Market Share in 2022 in Worcester County, Hudson, Woburn, & Leominster. The company’s mission has become to guide REALTORS®, employees, and clients to their success. An Independent brokerage is a non-national franchise that is privately held. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The second day of the trial for the Sitzer/Burnett bombshell class action buyer broker commission class action lawsuit included plenty of insights into how the plaintiffs are approaching what is expected to be a battle royal. When you reduce the commission, you reduce the incentive for that agent to bring a buyer to your house.

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