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. It dehumanizes Realtors and turns us into money-making machines.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

When the copycat commission suit was initially filed in early January by Nevada home seller Nathaniel Whaley, the complaint named just Realtor associations and MLSs as defendants, making it stand out from the spate of other commission suits.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Similar to the other commission lawsuits, the latest two take aim at the National Association of Realtors’ Participation Rule, which requires the listing broker to make a blanket offer of compensation to the buyer’s broker to list the property on the MLS. Both lawsuits are seeking class-action status. 4, 2019 and the present.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The suit also names a handful of local multiple listing services (MLSs), including Austin/Central Texas Realty Information Service, Central Texas Multiple Listing Service, Housing Realtors Information Service, and North Texas Real Estate Information Systems.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

In an amended complaint filed on Friday, home sellers Danielle and Jessie Kay (who sold a house in Baden, Pennsylvania, in December 2021 with the help of an agent from Realty One Group Gold Standard ) were added as a plaintiff. The Pennsylvania copycat commission lawsuit has some new defendants and a new plaintiff.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 8, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for March 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Jason was also named as a Top Producer for 2021 2022 , and 2023.

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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. 8, 2019, and the present.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

District Court in Las Vegas by Nathaniel Whaley, who sold a home in Las Vegas in April 2022 and paid a buyer broker commission. Unlike other commission lawsuit, the Whaley suit only names Realtor associations as defendants. . 15, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Central to the complaint is NAR’s Participation Rule, which requires listing brokers to make a blanket offer of compensation to buyer brokers in order to list a property on the MLS. “By By enforcing this mandate, the NAR establishes an anticompetitive market where sellers are coerced into subsidizing the buyer’s costs. “As

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

26, HousingWire will host a virtual debate between Michael Ketchmark, the plaintiffs’ attorney in the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit, and Anthony Lamacchia , CEO of Lamacchia Realty and an outspoken advocate for Realtors, to discuss the arguments and the outcome of the trial. Register here.

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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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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for January 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by the office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Cyndi thrives to make her buyers and sellers her top priority.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

Defendants in the lawsuit include the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), HomeServices of America , Compass , eXp World Holdings , Douglas Elliman , Halstead Real Estate , Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales and Realty One Group. according to the complaint.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 7, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for February 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Cyndi thrives to make her buyers and sellers her top priority.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The defendants in the lawsuit include the usual big-name real estate players, such as the National Association of Realtors , HomeServices of America , Keller Williams , RE/MAX , Christie’s International Real Estate , Anywhere , Compass , Engel & Völkers and HomeSmart. 22, 2019, and the present.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for December 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Most recently, she officially joined the 2023 Lamacchia Realty President’s Club

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 11, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for all of 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® out of the over 500 agents in Lamacchia Realty by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the year!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

Umpa sold his Ohio home with Redfin and his Maryland home with Compass , and the suit states that he “paid a substantial buyer-broker compensation,” in both transactions. Sellers can sell their home for more and have their home seen by more buyers while buyers have more choices of homes and can afford representation.

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for October 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Carolyn wants to help as many buyers and sellers achieve their goals as possible.

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Lamacchia Realty

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for November 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Click here to learn more about Eileen Doherty.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Unlike other MLSs, MetroList is not exclusively owned or operated by Realtor associations affiliated with the National Association of Realtors. Instead MetroList is owned and operated by local Realtor associations and California Real Estate Brokers, Inc. The lawsuit is seeking class action status for all persons in the U.S.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 6, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for May 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Cyndi thrives to make her buyers and sellers her top priority.

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Lamacchia Realty

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for August 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Cyndi thrives to make her buyers and sellers her top priority.

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Lamacchia Realty

MAY 5, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for April 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Mark Beliveau joined forces with Lamacchia Realty in the Fall of 2021.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 21, 2024

March 20, 2024 – Anthony Lamacchia was recently featured in Bloomberg Government regarding the National Association of REALTORS® Buyer Commission lawsuit. Anthony continues to advocate for REALTORS® and home buyers and sellers alike by speaking out.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 7, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for June 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Cyndi thrives to make her buyers and sellers her top priority.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 16, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for all of 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® out of the nearly 500 agents in Lamacchia Realty by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the year!

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 7, 2023

Nineteen REALTORS ® from Lamacchia Realty have been included in Boston Agent Magazine’s Who’s Who for 2023! ” True to its mission statement, Lamacchia Realty prides itself on its REALTORS ®, who go above and beyond to guide their clients to their success. .”

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 27, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for the Mid-Year 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the first 6 months of the year!

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

The deal comes just days after the federal judge overseeing the commission case in Missouri approved a preliminary settlement that will see the National Association of Realtors and multiple other residential brokerages collectively pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and make large-scale changes to longstanding commission policies.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 7, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for March 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Laurie joined Lamacchia Realty Leominster in the spring of 2019.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 7, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for February 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Jason was also named a Top Producer for 2021 and 2022.

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Lamacchia Realty

AUGUST 9, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for July 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Cyndi thrives to make her buyers and sellers her top priority.

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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for January 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! And for the first time ever, AJ qualified for President’s Club ELITE in 2022.

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Lamacchia Realty

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for August 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Laurie joined Lamacchia Realty Leominster in the spring of 2019.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 12, 2024

Lamacchia Realty REALTOR®, John Viveiros recently listed 1819 South Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, a well-known Chinese Restaurant called Mee Sum. To learn more about purchase opportunities for this space, contact the Lamacchia Realty listing agent: John Viveiros at (508) 509-1621 or email him at johnv@lamacchiarealty.com.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

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. After almost five years of litigation, it is clear that Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

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