Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Brokerages took notice, resulting in a surge in companies and office locations competing for their share of listings, according to CoreLogic multiple-listing service data shared exclusively with HousingWire. In this environment of high rates and tight inventory, brokerages have had to become sharp elbowed.

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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. Originally filed in late November, the Phillips lawsuit accuses real estate industry players of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The rational case for repealing MLS Clear Cooperation rules. Are we comparing it to Compass’ gamesmanship ushering in a worst-case scenario where buyers need to go through 20 brokerage websites to see all that’s available? MLS system offers transparency, but at what cost? MLS is not capitalism in its final form.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

Multiple Listing Services (MLS) by those trying to disparage the system. They also had to pay for the brokerage sign outside their home, newspaper advertising, online ads and the brochures for potential buyers. I have been following the discussion around the competitiveness, costs and consumer benefits of U.S. An additional $6,400.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2024

17 implementation deadline for these changes, brokerages like eXp are finding themselves sorting out their forms. As the largest brokerage in the country by transaction sides in 2023, Pareja said it made sense for eXp to create its own forms. And as the clock continues to count down to the Aug.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Relitix’s Agent Movement Index continues to rise on a seasonally adjusted basis as real estate agents continue the trend of switching brokerages at a faster rate than 2023. Trends in the relative movement of experienced real estate agents between brokerages are an important strategic consideration for brokerage and franchise leaders.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As a panel of real estate leaders gathered to discuss the future of the MLS at the National Association of Realtors ‘ NXT conference in Boston, Errol Samuelson , Zillow ‘s chief industry development officer, found himself and his company in a bit different standing than usual with the audience of several hundred agents and brokers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2024

With technology changing faster than new agents answer phone calls, choosing the right real estate brokerage software can sometimes feel like a full-time job. Here’s why: Good software might help your brokerage stay afloat in a post-lawsuit market. The looming chaos from the commission lawsuits sure isn’t helping.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In a surprising twist, the National Association of Realtors has announced a change in how interprets its Participation Rule, which requires listing brokers to provide buyer brokers an offer of compensation in order to list on the multiple listing service (MLS). NAR has aggressively enforced this rule across the country. On Wednesday a U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

Like the other commission lawsuits, the Grace suit takes aim at NAR’s Participation Rule, which requires listing agents to make a blanket offer of compensation to the buyer’s broker in order to list the property on the MLS. In addition, BAREIS MLS has its own rule similar to NAR’s Participation Rule. 8, 2019, and the present.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Most of the suits cite NAR’s Participation Rule, which required listing brokers to make a blanket offer of compensation to buyer’s brokers in order to list a property on an MLS. But West Penn MLS , the multiple listing service at the center of the Moratis suit, is owned by local brokers and not a Realtor association.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

Utah-based Wasatch Front Regional MLS , which does business as UtahRealEstate.com , is also named as a defendant in the suit. As a self-described “technology driven industry disrupter,” Homie’s business model involves charging home sellers a flat fee to list their property on the MLS. “As

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

I think a lot of agents just sort of relied on the MLS to dictate what they were going to make. There is going to be a lot more conversations happening around off-MLS considerations.” “I don’t think they really understand what is going on and what is going to be required of them,” Danzey said. “I

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

As for the defendants, real estate brokerages River Point Realty , Bovard-Anderson , Priority Realty , Rubinoff Realty Services and Found It PA were added in the amended complaint. The addition of the five local brokerages is not the only recent change to the list of defendants. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

It is unsurprising, then, that Texas has seen a boom in new real estate brokerage offices in the past five years. 1 brokerage by listing count from 2019 through 2023. The top 10 brokerages in Dallas by listing count were responsible for 12,145 listings in 2023. of the MLS listings held by these brokerages in 2019 to 7.2%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

The complaint names 35 entities as defendants, including the National Association of Realtors , local and national brokerages, MLSs and local Realtor associations. The two MLSs named in the suit California Regional MLS and Combined L.A./Westside Westside MLS. A copycat commission lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2024

Judge Stephen Bough has granted final approval to the commission lawsuit settlement agreements reached by Anywhere , RE/MAX and Keller Williams on Thursday. As part of their settlement agreements, Anywhere, RE/MAX and Keller Williams have agreed to pay $83.5 million , $55 million and $70 million , respectively.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

With home sales still at historically low levels and uncertainty over the commission lawsuits , real estate brokerage executives prize good leads more than ever. To convert these leads into business, the brokerage developed teams — also called units — headed by captains who are successful agents with high lead conversion rates.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Under its new ownership, REcolorado MLS rolled out a new Participation Agreement. REcolorado denies that the agreement does either of these things, claiming that the agreement gives it copyright over the compilation of the MLS database. They say the MLS has not hosted an event where agents can ask questions.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

District Court judge Patti Saris granted preliminary approval of MLS Property Information Network’s (MLS PIN) settlement agreement in the class action buyer-broker commission antitrust lawsuit. MLS PIN, which is New England’s largest multiple listing service (MLS), filed the settlement agreement in late June.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

The MLS of the San Francisco Association of Realtors has been up and running since 9 a.m. During the outage, agents, MLSs and brokerages came up with solutions to weather the storm. The MLS of the San Francisco Association of Realtors started working with Zenlist , which is helping them put together a mobile app.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

It devolved into a battle about historic facts, old-school MLS listing books, pronunciation corrections and even references to the kid-friendly restaurant chain Chuck E. The hourlong debate began with both participants discussing their motivations for participating. It dehumanizes Realtors and turns us into money-making machines.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

For many real estate brokerages and roughly 1 million Realtors, the nationwide settlement agreement that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) negotiated due to the ongoing commission lawsuits marks the end of their cooperative compensation litigation concerns, at least for the time being. billion ), Douglas Elliman ($42.8

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Dawn Pfaff is a free-market evangelist, and that informs how she runs MyState MLS. While no legal statute presently outlaws these practices, the MLSs might be engaging in a game of chicken with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the law firms that have won or settled commission lawsuits against NAR and several major brokerages.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

In February , Illinois-based Baird & Warner, an independent real estate brokerage, partnered with RealReports, allowing all of Baird & Warner’s 2,000-plus agents to benefit from RealReports’s wide-ranging property data. Proptech company RealReports is partnering with New England-based PrimeMLS , the companies announced on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

” “The NAR and its MLS partners, which now include Zillow, are allowed to once again close off transparent access to home inventory by entering into agreements among themselves that disadvantage all but their own membership; consumers and competition will suffer,” read the lawsuit. Real Estate Tech Demo Hour.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As part of NAR’s mandatory MLS policies, Clear Cooperation requires brokers to list properties on an MLS within one day of publicly marketing the listing. Saul Klein , the CEO of San Diego MLS , began his career in the real estate industry in the 1970s. “I (Image generated by AI in Midjourney) With the Aug.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The brokerages and non-Realtor-owned MLSs that decided to opt in to the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement can breathe a sigh of relief. Through Bough’s approval, the MLSs and brokerages that opted in to NAR’s settlement have been added to the larger case. As expected, Judge Stephen R.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Whether youre running a large brokerage, managing a small team or working on your own, the right transaction management platform can take the worry out of compliance and lighten your workload. The platform connects with MLS for seamless listing input, saving time and reducing duplicated efforts.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Masiello sold a home on an Arizona MLS through HomeSmart “in or about October 2021.” 2023, the Masiello suit is seeking class action status for all persons who used any brokerage defendant to list and sell a home on an Arizona MLS and paid a buyer broker commission between Jan. commission ($10,250) to the buyer broker.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

NAR recently published an FAQ page related to the settlement agreement where it clarifies that the phrase “working with” is meant to “distinguish MLS participants who provide brokerage services to a buyer from MLS participants who simply market their services or just talk to a buyer.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

After a multi-year decline in agent movement between brokerages , Relitix ’s Agent Movement Index shows a clear bottoming out in early fall of 2023 and increased real estate agent mobility as we move into 2024. “We Agents will begin moving more between brokerages in 2024 as the market begins to normalize.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In the suit, Homie claims it was harmed by the anticompetitive practices of NAR and the brokerage defendants. As a flat-fee brokerage, Homie charged sellers a flat fee to list their property on the MLS. As a seller of brokerage services, not a consumer of them, it would be helped by higher prices,” the motion states.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

At the crux of the case is the allegation that commission rates are too high, it’s unfair that the seller pays the buyer’s agent’s commission, and that the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Code of Conduct and MLS Handbook lead to set pricing. ” What’s at stake?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

Another wrinkle is that not all agents, brokerages or sellers are handling offers of buyer broker compensation the same way. The landmark date of Aug. In the Greater Boston area, Linda O’Koniewski , the broker-owner of Leading Edge Real Estate , described the first few days of the business practice changes as “uneventful.”

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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

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Other top lead generating tools included customer relationship management (31%) and MLS sites (28%). With 30% of brokerage business coming from referrals and repeat customers, it is critical for agents to build and maintain relationships with their clients.

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