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EXIT Realty partners with earnest money collection platform

Housing Wire

International and Earnnest , a digital app that handles earnest money collections, announced a partnership on Tuesday that is designed to create more seamless and secure real estate transactions. The Earnnest platform offers a user-friendly and fully digital fund transfer process for home purchase transactions.

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Agent commissions are being negotiated more often, but it’s a ‘tale of two markets’

Housing Wire

The new rules mandated by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) antitrust settlement are designed to encourage more negotiations for buyer agent commissions. Almost a month after the rules went into effect, that appears to be happening.

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Sun West unveils NFT loan powered by AI technology

Housing Wire

They may close the transaction and transfer the NFT, or if they choose to not honor the trade, they forfeit their earnest money deposit, as customary in any standard real estate purchase.”. “To ensure the NFT is traded as agreed, the NFT seller (homebuyer) has two choices.

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RE/MAX Adds Payload Keybox to Approved Supplier Program

RIS Media

Prior to the formal addition to the RE/MAX Approved Supplier Program, several RE/MAX offices were invited to participate in a pilot program for feedback around Keybox’s many payment solutions, including earnest money deposits (EMD), agent invoicing, commission disbursements, title payments and different rental payments.

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What Happens if the Inspection Contingency Expires on a Home Offer?

HomeLight

For example, if the inspection reveals that repairs will cost more than a pre-agreed limit, say $3,000, you might have the option to back out of the deal while retaining your earnest money deposit. The timelines in these addendums are designed to keep the transaction moving forward while protecting your interests as a buyer.

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RE/MAX Adds 5 Vendors to Marketplace Roster

RIS Media

RE/MAX Affiliates can create custom marketing materials using the company’s free design templates and online design studio. The digital payment platform helps integrate and automate real estate payments such as earnest money deposits, agent fees, commission and any other manual payment process.

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Opendoor opens its ‘Exclusives’ platform to home sellers

Real Trends

In addition, Opendoor says that homebuyers may back out of the purchase at any time and receive a full refund on their earnest money deposits. The firm says the experience is “designed to put home sellers in control, with no upfront commitment, flexibility to close early, and certainty of close.”.