Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

In an announcement on Tuesday, the brokerage noted that it had expanded the program to more than a dozen additional markets, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Diego and San Francisco. of the purchase price of the house. The buyer will receive the refund at closing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Launched on Thursday, the brokerage’s Sign & Save program provides buyers who sign up to work with a Redfin agent before their second home tour — and who purchase a property with that agent within 180 days of signing the agreement — a refund of 0.25% to 0.5% of the purchase price of the house.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

In an interview with TechCrunch , which first broke the news of Landian’s debut, Sitzer said his frustration with having to pay a 3% commission to a buyer’s agent on the sale of his Kansas City home in 2017, which his shared with his neighbor, who happened to be a lawyer familiar with the subject matter, prompted the lawsuit.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

As more brokerages and agents contemplate moving away from a cooperative compensation model , many are grappling with some tough questions, the most vexing probably being: What do I do if a seller is only willing to contribute part of the buyer broker’s fees, or none at all? Hahn wrote.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

17, 2024 , has come and gone, and the real estate industry is still plugging along, despite the business practice changes mandated by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement now being implemented nationwide. The landmark date of Aug.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Mortgage pros have closely monitored the commission lawsuit developments since a Kansas City, Missouri jury determined that NAR, HomeServices of America , and Keller Williams conspired to inflate or maintain high commission rates through NAR’s so-called Participation Rule. You should be finding buyers before real estate agents anyway.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

As brokerage firms fine tune how to handle the business practice changes outlined in the terms of the National Association of Realtors’ nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , which are set to go into effect on August 17 , many are focusing on how their agents will handle compensation on both the buy-side and the sell-side.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

Compass announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to buy San Francisco-based real estate transaction platform Glide , a deal that some California real estate agents may feel uneasy about. The buy is Compass’s first since the residential brokerage started publicly trading shares earlier this month.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The sale-and-JV formation will allow Realogy to gain liquidity from the sale of its title insurance business while still maintaining a position in title. Realogy will maintain a 30% equity interest in Closing Parent Holdco, L.P., Realogy will maintain a 30% equity interest in Closing Parent Holdco, L.P., They ranked No.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

At AmeriCash, he oversaw more than 300 employees and helped the company close more than $18 billion in home loans. Giangrande will also lead negotiation efforts for wholesale brokerage agreements with mortgage companies that seek to partner on EquiFi’s home equity investment (HEI) contract and other products.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Redfin announced Tuesday layoffs of 121 employees as it shakes up its mortgage department, including purchasing a lending company. The real estate company entered into an agreement to acquire mortgage lender Bay Equity Home Loans for $135 million, two-thirds in cash and one-third in stocks, Redfin said in a press release and public filing.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

For agents in New Hampshire , this week marks two months since PrimeMLS , the state’s multiple listing service , implemented the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement. For the most part, brokers said buyers are willing to sign these agreements.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

This past December, my mother and father closed on their home of 35 years in Limerick, Ireland, after 10 months “in escrow.” They also recently closed on their purchase of a new home. They paid a 1% transfer tax, called the Stamp Duty, (which can be 2% or 3% depending on sale price) also assessed on the final sales price.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty agent Jessica Adams is under fire after TechCrunch co-founder and crypto investor, Michael Arrington took to Twitter on Tuesday alleging that Adams had leaked information about his purchase of a Miami waterfront mansion to the press, creating security concerns that forced him and his family to relocate.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2022

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty agent Jessica Adams is under fire after TechCrunch co-founder and crypto investor, Michael Arrington took to Twitter on Tuesday alleging that Adams had leaked information about his purchase of a Miami waterfront mansion to the press, creating security concerns that forced him and his family to relocate.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

31, 2023, and has since reshaped the business practices for real estate brokerages and agents across the country. With NAR’s settlement requiring agents to have a signed buyer agency agreement with every buyer that spells out how much the agent will be paid in a transaction, many believed that buyers using a loan from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

In return, Hometap gets an agreed-upon percentage of the sale price or appraised value within a 10-year period. The market, however, is expected to grow as HEI companies seek to partner with mortgage lenders and real estate brokerages. billion have been completed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

The groups criticizing CFA, and by extension, DOJ, argue that uncoupling commissions will harm first-time home buyers, especially Black and Hispanic homebuyers who may have limited resources to pay down payment and closing costs. New industry rules prohibit mandatory offers of compensation through multiple listing services.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. Successful agents, brokerages and loan officers of the future are going to rely significantly on technology to find, nurture and engage with buyers and sellers while also playing an expanding role as personal advisors.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Ron Frasier, a title industry veteran and CEO of title startup Atlas Title , has been watching the commission lawsuit saga closely. “If They will have to get on that listing side of things, which will be much harder as it is an earlier point of sale, as no one has even looked at buying the house yet.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

Guaranteed Rate, the Chicago-based mortgage lender , and Compass, the New York City-headquartered residential real estate brokerage , “entered into a definitive agreement to form OriginPoint , a new mortgage origination company,” according to a press release Tuesday. Guaranteed Rate Affinity originated $13.4

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

But as I write this blog post (over the weekend), I can only guess as to how October sales will look. In my monthly “TRREB Stats” blog post, I always examine three essential statistics in our real estate market: price, sales, and new listings. That , in my opinion, is the number-one reason why sales are slow right now.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

This story brings us back to last summer when a client of mine purchased a small west-side home and, upon closing, the listing agent had some very interesting ideas about how to go about making up his financial loss on the property. HST commission payable to the buyer brokerage and replaced it with 0.5%+HST. HST to 0.5%+HST

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing. An originator since 1999, Read got his real estate license in 2014 and opened up his real estate brokerage in 2019.

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HomeLight

APRIL 19, 2022

Gone are the days where a simple handshake could solidify a working agreement between a buyer and their real estate agent. Instead of a handshake, buyer’s agents are presenting homebuyers with a document called a “buyer broker agreement” — and you might not know what that is! Buyer-broker agreements, explained.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

As overall home sales decline on a national level, signing listings is more difficult than ever for agents of all experience levels. Host open houses for FSBOs Adding value, not being pushy, and building relationships with For Sale By Owner sellers are the keys to converting them to listings. Have you ever considered selling?

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Redfin

MARCH 18, 2025

When buying a home, youll likely come across the term earnest money – a deposit that shows the seller youre serious about the purchase. But what actually happens to that money once the deal closes? This Redfin article will break down exactly what happens to your earnest money at closing, and what to expect in different scenarios.

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HomeLight

MAY 27, 2021

When you signed the listing contract to put your house on the market, you had high hopes for a quick sale. And now you’ve realized that even the listing agreement with your agent has expired. We’ll fill you in on what obligation (if any) you have to your agent and what your options are to complete the sale.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

If a property sold for $2,000,000 but there was $100,000 worth of chattels included, then we would want the historical MLS to reflect this so we can continue to accurately evaluate properties via “comparable sales.” Do you see where this is going? Do you see the implications? How would this ever be enforced by TRREB?

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Realty Biz

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Did you know that there are different types of real estate listing agreements? When selling a home, it’s essential to know the different listing agreement options that are available to you. Understanding the various listing agreement contracts can help you strike the best deal for your home and protect your rights.

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Realty Biz

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

According to a study by the NAR , 87% of recent buyers purchased their homes via a real estate agent or broker. It only makes sense that a well-established brokerage is bound to have more options on offer than an independent real estate agent. This top-performing brokerage originated in 1973, founded by Dave Liniger and Gail Main.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

An agent in my brokerage asked this last week. Let’s say that your home in listed for sale and you receive an offer, but the offer has a condition. Two days after the buyer and I have come to terms on the agreement, a subsequent buyer wants to make an offer. But what the heck is SCE? “Is that a typo?

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HomeLight

OCTOBER 30, 2020

But is the cash closing process always seamless? A cash deal can close in as little as 7 days, while financed home purchases tend to take an average of 45 days to close. Cash purchases, too, can get held up by a range of potential delays. Why do sellers love cash so much? Because it’s fast. Not always!

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HomeLight

OCTOBER 1, 2020

One of those terms is “ clear to close.” What does clear to close mean? Clear to close is more straightforward than you’d think. Once you’ve signed all your documents and “closed” your mortgage, the lender will pay the seller and all parties and you get the keys to your house.”. What happens before the clear to close?

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Realtor.com

DECEMBER 6, 2021

You still have a marathon to finish before getting to the closing table. However, keep in mind commission rates usually vary depending on the state you live in and among brokerages. Agents usually supply a variety of forms such as Residential Purchase Agreements to get offers in writing. Commissions explained.

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The Close

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Are you considering taking the leap of faith and heading out on your own, but you don’t know if you should start your own brokerage from scratch or purchase a real estate franchise? In my 28-year real estate career, I have built two independent brokerages and was an investor in two franchises with Keller Williams Realty.

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HomeLight

APRIL 12, 2023

Editor’s note: This post will help answer the question: How much are closing costs in Massachusetts (MA)? Your closing costs may differ depending on your circumstances and the terms of your home purchase. Massachusetts closing costs for homebuyers tend to run approximately 2.5% What are closing costs?

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