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? Conflicts between the buyer and buyer agent are inevitable.

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

For over 37 years I have been a consultant to brokerage firms, MLS’s, Association of Realtors, and other entities related to the residential brokerage industry. In addition to general advisory consulting, I was involved in nearly 1,000 sales or acquisitions of entities in this industry.

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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

AUGUST 30, 2024

There is a new real estate firm in town, but one of its founders is probably familiar to many in the real estate industry. In an attempt to capitalize on the real estate industry’s new normal, Sitzer teamed up with Galen, whose startup fintech firm Zero was acquired by Avant in 2021, and Batra to found Landian.

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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 Sign & Save refund starts at 0.25% of the purchase price, but it rises to 0.5%

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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 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

OCTOBER 11, 2023

These lawsuits threaten to radically reshape the residential brokerage landscape, and could be the catalyst for a fat decline in the annual commission pool as well as the industry shedding as many as 80% of agents, according to a team of analysts at Keefe Bruyette Woods. Who’s most exposed? ” Steering to grab that bag?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2023

The purchase of a home is one of life’s largest and most important investments, and it is critical that homeowners remain vigilant to protect this investment. In this business practice, real estate brokerage firms offer homeowners a small upfront payment in exchange for the exclusive right to list and sell the property in the future.

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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

JUNE 28, 2024

Paul Giangrande “Paul brings a distinguished reputation in the mortgage industry with an uncanny sense of distribution. His impressive industry acumen and established mortgage credentials add significant strength and valuable perspective to our management team.” billion have been issued since August 2021.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

Commentary has run the gamut from the demise of the industry to real estate services in the future will now be essentially pro bono. Additionally, the previously guaranteed compensation is now only a representation, requiring a separate agreement between brokerages before most offers from a buyer would be submitted.

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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

MARCH 25, 2024

Under the terms of the settlement agreements reached by both Keller Williams and the National Association of Realtors (NAR), cooperative compensation is still allowed. Cooperative compensation offers can also be — and should be, if the client wishes — included in purchase agreements.

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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

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Instant homebuyer Opendoor has acquired “tech”-focused mortgage brokerage RedDoor , the companies announced Friday. The purchase comes amid questions of whether iBuying is a viable business model following Zillow’s announcement Tuesday that the company is winding down its iBuying arm. Opendoor has $25.4

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Most brokerage leaders know about the multiple challenges facing the real estate industry, not the least of which are the major class-action lawsuits. This means all those agents who say they have homebuyer clients but who haven’t executed a bilateral agreement are, in fact, engaging in unlawful misrepresentation of their status.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

Since the 1940s, the DOJ has repeatedly sued the industry to introduce more price competition. Today, price competition has a chance because of their efforts and class action litigation, culminating in a jury decision against the industry. New industry rules prohibit mandatory offers of compensation through multiple listing services.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2021

REX grabbed national attention in March when the residential real estate brokerage filed a lawsuit alleging an antitrust conspiracy between listings giant Zillow and the powerful National Association of Realtors. The brokerage has “Co-listed properties with MLS agents to increase the online presence of client’s listings.”.

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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. Affordability has always been a challenge,” said Ashkán Zandieh, managing partner and industry chair at the Center for Real Estate Technology and Innovation. “In The annual investment volume in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Zillow said Thursday that more than 50% of its remaining iBuying inventory “has sold, is under contract to sell or has reached agreement on disposition terms.”. As of last month, the firm reported 9,800 homes it purchased but has yet to sell, and 8,200 it is contractually obliged to buy – or a shade under 18,000 total.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

They also recently closed on their purchase of a new home. In the process, they had to rent a home for four months between their sale and their purchase given “simultaneous closings” are not a practice there. And they paid a 1% fee to their solicitor for their purchase. The real estate industry and the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

The uptick in home sales during the second quarter of 2023 helped Anywhere Real Estate get back in the black. Anywhere, world’s largest franchisor of residential real estate brands and formerly known as “Realogy,” attributed this drop to a steep drop in home sale transaction volume. “We million to 4.3

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

The National Association of Realtors has provided these facts: 86% of buyers purchased their home through a real estate agent or broker. Bad real estate agents” are the people who sadly get the most recognition by their lack of knowledge and abilities and bring the industry and its reputation down as a whole. Will sellers pay less?

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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

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. But, these observers added, it raises eyebrows for Compass.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Ask the average real estate agent or broker in America if they believe the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and brokerages are likely to win the bombshell Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit case on appeal. This is only phase one,” concluded another industry veteran. Many respondents said they are using buyer-broker agreements.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

There are more than enough homes sales in your market for every one of you to hit your goals if you do the right things. To help attendees increase their knowledge of current macroeconomic and housing market conditions, Keller and other brokerage firm leaders walked agents through some of the current trends. million in 2025.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

As the engines of the housing and mortgage markets continue to sputter due to higher interest rates and fewer buyers, industry innovators are looking for ways to get their company’s wheels off the ground. 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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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In Florida, getting licensed as a real estate agent begins with the completion of an approved 63-hour Sales Associate prelicensing course. The school also has a tuition reimbursement program for students who join their partner brokerages. A separate Exam Prep course is also available for purchase. Chapter Quizzes.

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BAM Media

JULY 23, 2024

BAM Key Details : In a letter to Colorado Association of Realtors CEO Tyrone Adams, Marcia Waters, the director for the real estate division within the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, raised concerns about agents requiring consumers to sign a buyer representation agreement before touring a home.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Theoretically, it’s present in every industry, in every business, and in the lives of every worker-bee in their pursuit of professional glory. Through eighteen years and several thousand blog posts, I have lamented all that is wrong or required a little tinkering, in our industry. TorontoRealtyBlog Progress!

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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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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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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog “SCE” Three letters that are wreaking havoc in the real estate industry right now. 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. SCE What in the world is that? But what the heck is SCE?

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The Close

MAY 2, 2024

If you’re like most agents, diving into the details of your real estate agent commission splits might not be as thrilling as closing a big sale, but getting it right can make all the difference in your paycheck. The commission split agreement between agents varies depending on the listing agent’s agreement with the seller.

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Realty Biz

JULY 22, 2023

Recruiting Insight and Cape Breton Realty announced an agreement to leverage the Recruiting Insight capabilities to grow agent count and market share. In addition, the firm has collected items donated by clients, agents, and friends, as well as the public, for a large yard sale. Cape Breton Realty has offices in St.

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