Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

The suit, known as Fierro, after its lead plaintiff Gael Fierro, a Californian home seller, accuses the real estate industry of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Patrick Thurber, a California home seller, is an additional named plaintiff in the suit. It was filed on Wednesday in U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

million settlement with plaintiffs in two bombshell buyer commission lawsuits have been made public, and they stipulate that the brokerage conglomerate make significant changes to its practices. The terms of Anywhere Real Estate ‘s $83.5

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Redfin has joined the growing list of real estate brokerages that have settled the commission lawsuits. brokerage that has saved consumers more than $1.5 As part of the settlement agreement, Redfin has agreed to pay $9.25 million into a qualified settlement fund within 30 days of the court’s preliminary approval of the agreement.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

More home sellers on the East Coast are getting in on the commission lawsuit action. 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.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A second home seller in Nevada has filed a lawsuit alleging that real estate industry players in the state have colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. District Court in Las Vegas by Nevada home seller Angela Boykin. The copycat commission lawsuit was filed on Friday in U.S. 16, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

HomeServices of America , the last remaining brokerage defendant in the landmark Sitzer/Burnett antitrust commission case , has agreed to pay $250 million in damages to settle lawsuits that will change agent compensation across America. The New York Times first reported the story.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

In an amended complaint filed on Friday, the plaintiffs’ counsel named Vanguard Properties , Twin Oaks Real Estate , Windermere Real Estate Services Company , Rapisdara & Fox and Realty One Group , as additional defendants in the antitrust suit. 8, 2019, and the present.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

District Court in Arizona, Joseph Masiello, an Arizona resident and home seller, accuses several real estate companies of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. According to the filing, Masiello was “required to pay a 2% commission ($8,200) to the seller broker and a 2.5% 5, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In a document filed on Monday, the counsel for the home seller plaintiff Joseph Masiello notified the federal court in Arizona that it was voluntarily dismissing defendant Walt Danley Local Luxury , an affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate , from the suit.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

District Court for the Western District of Missouri , the lawsuit is named after its lead plaintiff, Maryland home seller Daniel Umpa. who sold a house on an MLS and used an agent from one of the brokerage defendants between Dec. Filed in late 2023 in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

These organizations included the National Association of Realtors , Las Vegas Realtors , Nevada Realtors , Sierra Nevada Realty , Incline Village Realtors , Elko County Realtors , Mesquite Real Estate Association and Northern Nevada Regional MLS. Opendoor did not return a request for comment.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

It appears that no real estate brokerage firm in the U.S. On Wednesday, Manhattan home seller Monty March filed a lawsuit in U.S. Sloane Square , and Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates. Instead, if a seller wishes to compensate the buyer’s agent, they must pay the agent themselves. 8, 2019, and the present.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A copycat commission lawsuit filed on Thursday by home sellers in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, accuses 47 real estate industry defendants of allegedly conspiring to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Can we even discuss things about the house because if we inform the potential buyer of something about the house that makes them not want the house, even if it isn’t something necessarily bad, are we going against our agreement with our seller?” Lisa Chinatti, the broker-owner of Chinatti Realty , doesn’t share Lamacchia’s optimism. “I

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On Wednesday, home seller plaintiffs in northern Georgia filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit accusing real estate industry players of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. The rules explicitly forbid negotiations over the buyer broker’s compensation by either the buyer or the paying seller,” the complaint states.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

The Umpa suit was filed in late December 2023 by a Maryland home seller. Since the suits were filed , Anywhere , RE/MAX , Keller Williams , NAR , Compass , @properties and The Real Brokerage have settled the commission lawsuits. The Umpa and Gibson cases were also part of the failed multidistrict litigation attempt.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

She said that HomeServices does not meddle in operations, give advice, or advise on commissions or how the brokerage approaches Realtor association membership. Despite not requiring NAR membership, Frazier said the brokerage does require agents to follow the NAR Code of Ethics. It is human nature,” Frazier said. They were guidelines.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Thanks to Lisa Chinatti, the broker-owner at Chinatti Realty Group , he was not completely caught off guard. She talks with a lot of people, and she announced to our company that this was coming and went through what exactly we should expect,” said Posnick, the sales manager at Chinatti Realty Group. Lisa is super on the pulse.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The complaint alleges that due to this rule, home sellers in Manhattan paid inflated broker commissions. In its email, REBNY said that complaint is “laden with numerous inaccuracies regarding the RLS, the Universal Co-Brokerage Agreement, and the business of real estate.” It is not required for a seller to compensate a buyer’s agent.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In response, Glenn Sanford, the founder and chief executive of the company, which is parent to eXp Realty , expressed concern about low-income homebuyers who may not be able to afford representation “if the rules change too much.” “I But at eXp Realty, transactions were down 8.6% million to $14.90 million to $14.90

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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. 13, 2019, to the present.

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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. Cooperative compensation is still legal,” Papasan stressed. Don’t panic.

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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 The days of door opening are over. Almost any time in history the U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

After almost five years of litigation, it is clear that Keller Williams Realty, Inc. The National Association of Realtors , Keller Williams and HomeServices of America , have asked judge Andrea Wood to rule on the suit based on the evidence that has been presented during the discovery period of the proceedings.

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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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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

31, 2023, the Gibson lawsuit pits three Missouri home sellers, Don Gibson, Lauren Criss and John Meiners, against National Association of Realtors , Compass , eXp World Holdings , Redfin , Weichert Realtors , United Real Estate , Howard Hanna and Douglas Elliman. Accepted by the court on Oct.

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Inman

JULY 5, 2023

Intel takes a look back at the market trends, brokerage strategies, Wall Street happenings and legal controversies that shook the past six months and could well define the remainder of 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

1, 2024 , Washington state’s agency law requires agents to have a written agreement with buyers (as well as sellers) to spell out the exact scope of the services provided by the agent, as well as the compensation the client has agreed to pay them in return. As of Jan.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

Sparks and personal insults flew between Anthony Lamacchia , the broker-owner of Lamacchia Realty , and Michael Ketchmark, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the Sitzer-Burnett commission lawsuit , during their virtual debate hosted by HousingWire on Friday afternoon. Don’t require the seller to pay for it,” Ketchmark said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Brokerages RE/MAX , Anywhere , Keller Williams , eXp World Holdings , NorCal Gold , Williams L. The plaintiffs in the suit are demanding a jury trial, as well as damages and a permanent injunction that prevents the defendants from retiring that sellers pay the buyer broker. Lyon & Associates , Guide Real Estate , Paul M.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2022

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty agent Jessica Adams is under fire after TechCrunch co-founder and crypto investor, Michael Arrington took to Twitter on Tuesday alleging that Adams had leaked information about his purchase of a Miami waterfront mansion to the press, creating security concerns that forced him and his family to relocate.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty agent Jessica Adams is under fire after TechCrunch co-founder and crypto investor, Michael Arrington took to Twitter on Tuesday alleging that Adams had leaked information about his purchase of a Miami waterfront mansion to the press, creating security concerns that forced him and his family to relocate.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Redfin is a publicly traded company, a nationally recognized listings website and one of the biggest brokerages in the country. Way back in the drab plaid of the 1970s, brokerages often classified agents as employees and offered them health care and pension plans. With a two-year-old, I couldn’t meet the quota,” she said.

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

What is Dual Agency in Real Estate and Should you Avoid it Most buyers and sellers are familiar with how listing agents and buyer’s agents work which leads us to the question of what is dual agency in real estate? My first transaction as a Real Estate Agent was as a dual agent representing both the buyer and the seller.

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Raleigh Realty

MARCH 23, 2021

The question should I sell my home for sale by owner or without a Realtor® is likely one asked by every home seller with the thought of trying to save money. It's important to reverse engineer the sales process as a seller as you will want to understand who your target buyer is and that is likely someone working with a Realtor.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 4, 2024

They will be your best resource for the legalities of an estate sale. Legally, only the individual or individuals named as the executor or personal representative of the estate have the right to sell the home. The most common route for selling a home is to go through a real estate brokerage to put it on the market traditionally.

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CA Realty Training

MARCH 8, 2021

That means the agent is either representing the buyer or the seller. This means you are already representing the seller and will be getting the commission. Legally, we know that this isn’t true. This comes from the opinion that the agent will not be able to fulfill their fiduciary duties to both the buyer and the seller.

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