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Bright MLS updates its platform to conform with NAR settlement 

Housing Wire

Bright MLS , the nation’s second-largest multiple listing service, is set to overhaul its platform this summer to align with new standards stemming from the National Association of Realtors ’ recent settlement of the real estate agent commission lawsuits. Bright MLS also tells agents and brokers that commissions are negotiable.

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Appraisers say it’s business as usual despite the NAR settlement changes

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Real estate appraisers also rely on MLS data, including information about buyer broker compensation and seller concessions, in order to accurately appraise properties for homebuyers and lenders. But with the terms of the NAR settlement now in effect, much of that data is no longer available via the MLS.

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Opinion: In a digital world, do real estate agents serve a purpose?

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The centerpiece of this concept is the belief that sellers have the time and the money and are willing to spend the requisite amount of both to market their property effectively. Complete market exposure would involve about 25 more sites. We all love the MLS now, but exactly how does the information get into the MLS?

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America’s top listing agents don’t want to deal with the buyer’s agent commission mess

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Harvey typically charges sellers a few hundred dollars to list their property on the MLS and will charge a 0.25% commission when the home successfully sells. He sees his role in the transaction as simply ensuring the seller stays in compliance with laws and regulations.

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‘Find buyers before agents!’ Mortgage industry reacts to the NAR settlement

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At this early stage, it’s unclear how such commissions would be paid since buyers could pay their agents out of their pockets or negotiate commissions as a seller concession in the closing costs. He said he’s also interested in seeing where homes will be listed since they will no longer be required to be in the MLS system.

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Game of chicken: Private MLSs stare down DOJ over settlement terms

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Dawn Pfaff is a free-market evangelist, and that informs how she runs MyState MLS. We weren’t named in the litigation, we weren’t named in the copycat cases and we didn’t have the mandated rules that were named in the litigation,” said Jeremy Crawford, president and CEO of First MLS. “So,

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‘Don’t panic:’ KW executives address agent questions on NAR commission settlement

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There is simply a new NAR rule that applies to all NAR member and NAR MLSs that does not allow cooperative compensation to be offered on the MLS.” While this may be similar to how agents in some MLSs note that sellers are willing to provide concessions, Papasan made it clear that seller concessions and commissions are not the same thing.