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5 listing appointment mistakes to avoid

Housing Wire

Don’t forget to ask for the business The definition of “close” is the logical ending to a great presentation. Assuming you did a great job presenting, closing is easy, conflict-free and results in a signed listing contract. They care about your ability to solve their real estate needs.

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Opinion: Sitzer/Burnett decision presents an uncertain future for buyer agents

Housing Wire

Real estate agents are facing a contracting issue that could seriously upend the traditional housing landscape. Under current guidelines, sellers pay a 5-6% commission on a sale which is split between the buyer and listing agents.

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Real estate commission dispute? Do this.

Housing Wire

A typical commission dispute arises when, after signing a listing agreement or buyer-broker agreement: A seller-client “cancels” a valid purchase contract. Consider the following, fairly common scenario and the result: A seller signs a listing contract with a real estate brokerage for six months. A seller-client cancels a listing.

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The Value of Words in Valuation

Appraisal Buzz

When reading contracts, words will always have their ordinary meaning unless defined otherwise. Below is the definition from Webster’s online dictionary of the plain meaning rule: Plain meaning rule. Below is the definition from Webster’s online dictionary of the plain meaning rule: Plain meaning rule. adjective.

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Texas Real Estate Contracts and Addendums: A Guide for Home Sellers and Buyers

Listing Spark

Episode Summary In this episode, Aaron Jistel (Broker and Co-Founder at ListingSpark) focuses on how recent changes to Texas Real Estate Commission’s contracts and documents may affect home sellers and buyers. And so they put a little bit of a more defined definition of what cash needs.

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How LOs are dealing with an explosion of activity in NYC’s suburbs

Housing Wire

“Activity [in New York City] has definitely picked up in the last month-and-a-half since showings resumed,” said Melissa Cohn , a mortgage lender and broker with William Raveis Mortgage. “People are out there, they’re looking for the best deal.” The rest of this content is for HW+ members.

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FHFA announces new multifamily loan purchase caps for GSEs

Housing Wire

The 2023 caps reflect an anticipated contraction of the multifamily originations market in 2023,” the FHFA said in a statement. “To The FHFA also made changes to selected definitions of multifamily mission-driven affordable housing in Appendix A of the Conservatorship Scorecard. “In