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Housing Wire
MARCH 15, 2024
Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down. You should be finding buyers before real estate agents anyway.” It would also inevitably lead to even more dark grey areas in RESPA compliance.
Housing Wire
MARCH 28, 2024
At the moment, IPCs “include concessions from the seller to the buyer for items that are traditionally paid by the buyer such as loan closing costs or rate buy-downs,” but as buyer agents are customarily paid by the listing agent, their fees are excluded from caps on the IPCs. Sellers or buyers can pay the buyer’s agent’s fees.
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Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
So, the fact that we are now seeing things further in the process come down to agents and brokers — I was not entirely surprised by that.” In addition to the DOJ, real estate agent commissions may have caught the eye of yet another government agency. Solicitor General Paul Clement to its legal team. “I
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 1, 2023
In the face of a copycat commission lawsuit , the Real Estate Board of New York has vowed to fight. In an email blast sent to REBNY members, the New York City real estate agent trade group said it would “vigorously defend the litigation.” It is not required for a seller to compensate a buyer’s agent.
Housing Wire
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Real estate commissions always have fluctuated given the market conditions and, according to RealTrends , commission rates are currently well below where they were in the ‘90s. Sellers get access to the largest pool of buyers and the chance to sell their home for 35% more on average than for sale by owner.
Housing Wire
MARCH 5, 2024
While the suit pertains to homebuyers and not sellers, the issue of real estate agent compensation is central to the suit. In the complaint, the plaintiffs argue that they as homebuyers paid too much to purchase their homes; they allege they were unable to negotiate the compensation paid to their agent.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
When the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed last week the changes it would like to see in how real estate agents and brokers are compensated through its statement of interest filed in the MLS Property Information Network commission lawsuit , few in the real estate industry were surprised by the agency’s desire to decouple commissions.
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