Realtor

MAY 17, 2023

While it’s certainly true that you can let go of the anxiety of needing to show your home at any moment, you still need to cooperate with your buyer, the buyer’s agent, and the commitments made in the contract. As a seller, here’s what you need to know about the settlement process.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Preventing sellers and listing agents from setting buyer-broker commissions would promote greater price competition and innovation in the market for brokers’ services,” the DOJ argued. The parties have until March 28 to file their responses.

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Appraiserblogs

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Could it be because of the racial bias complaint filed against me by an unhappy Seller… Fannie Mae accomplished what they set out to do in July 2011, when they initiated their Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) and the Uniform Collateral Data Portal. So what’s caused the sudden loss of income?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

The change enabled greater flexibility and choice for sellers when listing a property and gave buyers and buyers’ brokers a vehicle for negotiating for compensation when making an offer to purchase,“ NWMLS wrote in the filing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In its statement, the DOJ advocated for the prohibition of cooperative compensation, meaning that “sellers would be responsible for determining only the compensation of their own broker in the listing contract … [and] buyers would be responsible for determining the compensation of their own broker in a buyer-broker representation contract.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The newly-updated Fannie Mae November Selling Guide now bars job offers or contracts for future employment from family members or interested parties involved in a transaction. “We The update also includes new general lender requirements regarding staffing, training and policies to maintain seller and/or servicer eligibility.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

She is also filing the suit as both a home seller and a homebuyer. seller commission when it was after signature of the Seller Agent contract moot because 6% of commission sharpen still occurred.” District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento.

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Inman

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Still, a record number of contracts were canceled. Listings and pending sales hit the highest level in roughly a year, according to a new report from Redfin.

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Empire Appraisal Group

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Lusky, DigitalVision, Getty Images Source: [link] FSBO Sellers Regret Not Having an Agent By Melissa Dittmann Tracey Survey: Sellers who go-it alone are twice as likely to be unsatisfied with the experience – and more likely to say their earlier opinion, “agents are overpaid,” was wrong.

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Movoto

APRIL 8, 2024

After submitting an offer on a home you plan to purchase, a few things might happen – once an offer is accepted (typically, after negotiations but not always), real estate sales agreements come into effect between buyers and sellers. Should the buyer breach the contract (e.g., What Should be Included in Real Estate Sales Agreements?

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Inman

MARCH 31, 2023

To make their multimillion-dollar properties more attractive and move them more quickly, some sellers have been cutting their asking prices precipitously and negotiating other add-ons into contracts.

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The Robert Weiler Company

JANUARY 2, 2021

In real estate, buyers and sellers must be knowledgeable to make informed decisions. Are you familiar with a land contract in Ohio, as well as the state-specific requirements? What is a land contract in Ohio, really? Essentially, a land contract is an alternative financing option if you’re investing in: Farmland or raw land.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

The class encompasses home sellers across 20 local MLSs. In its filing, HomeServices asked for a review of an August 2023 ruling by the Eighth Circuit Court, which found that HomeServices could not enforce arbitration agreements signed by seller clients of its franchisees. The suit obtained class certification in March 2023.

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Hank Miller Team

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

So what happens if the appraisal is below contract price? Appraisals below contract price will continue to be a challenge in 2022. Consider, appraisals this year will be using data from the already insane market of 2021 and many will still fall below contract. Most important, buyers and sellers should QUALIFY THEIR AGENT.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

The first change is that MLS PIN is agreeing to obtain certificates from their seller clients saying that they understand that MLS PIN does not require sellers to offer compensation to buyer brokers and that sellers are not required to compensate the buyer’s broker even when asked to by the buyer.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The modified rule still gives sellers and their listing brokers a role in setting compensation for buyers’ brokers,” the filing states. According to the DOJ, when a seller makes an offer of compensation to the buyer broker, the buyer broker does not need to compete on their compensation price in order to attract clients.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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. Enter the savvy seller. But what happens if consumers pivot away from buyer agents altogether?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Through careful analysis, Dr. Schulman explained that commission rates were uniformly high because of the cooperative compensation rule, without which a seller would not pay the commission of the buyer’s broker.” The appeals court said that this was because the contracts signed by the sellers were not directly signed by HomeServices.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2023

A typical commission dispute arises when, after signing a listing agreement or buyer-broker agreement: A seller-client “cancels” a valid purchase contract. A seller-client cancels a listing. A seller-client permits the property to be foreclosed upon.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

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. As a seller, this can help to ensure that buyers have the actual cash they are claiming they have.

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Hank Miller Team

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Real estate contracts occasionally collapse due to Buyer problems, but what if the Seller bails out? Can a Buyer sue a Seller if they refuse to close? What used to be infrequent is becoming more common; Sellers backing out of contracts. The seller, not wanting to wait for resolution, initiates termination.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index increased to 75.6 in February, up from 74.3 in January. On a year-over-year basis, pending sales were down 7%. On a year-over-year basis, all four U.S. regions registered losses, NAR reported.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

SmartZip uses predictive analytics to pinpoint likely sellers from 6 to 18 months in advance, offering a huge advantage in today’s low inventory market. Use AI-powered lead generdation to identify high-priority sellers. Enhance your brand with custom landing pages designed to convert real estate seller leads.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

When asked about the language they use to discuss how buyer and seller agent commissions are paid, some of the most common responses included stressing that commissions are and always have been negotiable, and that if the National Association of Realtors’ settlement is approved, some practices may change, but many things are currently unknown.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Supreme Court and asked for a review of an August 2023 ruling by the Eight Circuit Court, which found that HomeServices could not enforce arbitration agreements signed by seller clients of its franchisees. The appeals court said that this was because the contracts signed by the sellers were not directly signed by HomeServices.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

home sales in nearly 30 years as high mortgage rates frustrate buyers, the market is reshaping real estate once again, placing buyers on the back foot and swinging the pendulum back to favoring sellers. Well into January, we are already seeing properties go under contract in the first weekend with multiple offers.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

percent decline in net new listings and a 2 percent decrease in contract signings, driven by mortgage rate fluctuations, according to HouseCanary. Despite a rise in total inventory compared to 2022 and 2023, the market is still behind historical inventory averages as sellers avoid entering a higher rate environment.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 16, 2023

Could a seller credit damage the chance of appraising at the purchase contract? How are appraisers handling concessions to the buyer? These questions weren’t asked a year ago, but welcome to the 2023 housing market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Worst-case scenario, the broker representing the buyer will have to negotiate their own fee with their client and the seller can no longer be compelled to make a blanket offer of compensation in order to list on the MLS,” Murray said. Nearly six months later, Murray stands by this assertion. “If

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2023

“Pending home sales recorded the second-lowest monthly reading in 20 years as interest rates , which climbed at one of the fastest paces on record this year, drastically cut into the number of contract signings to buy a home,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. On a month over month basis, all four of the major U.S.

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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

ARE YOU A "WANT-TO-BE" SELLER IN 2024? From low inventory levels to increasing mortgage rates , the real estate landscape has experienced a multitude of changes and challenges over the last several years, leaving many sellers wondering when the “right” time to list would be given current market conditions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Under questioning, Goffstein said that each agent has a contract that includes NAR rule clauses and that the contract also tells agents that NAR membership dues are needed by January. In addition, the contract stipulated that agents must join their local Realtor association. Goldberg testified that while there are roughly 2.5

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Hank Miller Team

MAY 9, 2023

When a seller develops a fondness for certain things defined as real estate fixtures, things can get sticky. However, some sellers have a deeper attachment to certain items, going as far as removing them prior to closing. Talk to agents and stories will flow; the seller who was determined to take his outdoor plants after selling.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This includes financials, organizational documents, agent productivity reports, operating metrics, vendor contracts, lease agreements, employment agreements, insurance documents, and more. From a data lens, transactions can be broken out into three different stages: Valuation , Due Diligence , and Contract.

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Hank Miller Team

JULY 18, 2022

Cancel culture invades real estate.The number of canceled home contracts hit a two year high in June 2022. Still, 22 of contracts terminating isn't a anything to ignore. Why Contracts Terminate There are many moving parts to a successful real estate transaction, it takes a significant amount of time and effort to make them look boring.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Using analytics, it identifies potential sellers and prompts them to explore their home’s value on HousingNow.com, where leads must provide information to view listings. However, Market Leader may not be ideal for larger teams or those looking for more customization.

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Birmingham Appraisal

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Homeowners, Don’t Make These Appraisal Mistakes When Selling Your Home As a real estate appraiser, I have seen many mistakes that sellers make during the appraisal process. These mistakes can significantly impact the value of a property and even lead to an appraisal being lower than the contract price.

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