Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Move Sales , OpCity Acquisitions , OpCity Inc. It also alleges that NAR relied upon the co-defendants to build its membership ranks through this licensing agreement. who purchased leads, including the so-called fake leads, from the defendants between Aug. The suit claims that NAR, along with Move Inc., and REA Group Ltd.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

17 , when the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ commission lawsuit settlement agreement had to be implemented, most brokers and agents were concerned about how they would disclose a seller’s offer of buyer broker compensation. In Florida, Tom Baker — the district sales manager of The Keyes Co.’

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

pending-home sales rose 1% month over month in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 401,000, the highest level in a year. Although pending sales fell 4.8% Here’s a look at why pending-home sales picked up: The number of existing homes listed increased in October, giving buyers more options to choose from.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

loanDepot has signed a new joint venture agreement with Smith Douglas Homes , a top-50 homebuilder with a solid book of business in the Southern states.

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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

JUNE 28, 2022

Fannie Mae has announced the winning bidder for the final mortgage pool that was part of its inaugural nonperforming loan sale of 2022 — and it’s nineteenth sale since the i na ugural offering in 2015. The post Fannie Mae finalizes first nonperforming loan sale of the year appeared first on HousingWire. BofA Securities Inc.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

According to Anthony Lamacchia , the broker-owner of Lamacchia Realty , he and his agents have seen disputes over buyer broker fees for years, highlighting the importance of having a signed buyer representation agreement , which will soon be required by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2022

Fannie Mae has chosen the winning bidder for its inaugural nonperforming loan sale of 2022, a deal involving 3,223 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $477.2 The transaction, which represents Fannie Mae’s first nonperforming loans sale this year, is slated to close July 27. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.

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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

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Buyers are not required to prepare their current home for sale until after they move into the new property. It is quite common that our customers are faced with challenges around selling their current home before they can purchase a new home,” Ruoff Mortgage CEO Clint Morgan said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

First piloted in a handful of markets in September 2023 and formally launched in early February, the 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%

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

In addition to general advisory consulting, I was involved in nearly 1,000 sales or acquisitions of entities in this industry. Like many, I read with some interest the controversy surrounding the announced sale of REColorado, a Denver market area MLS , by its two shareholders to a private group.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2022

Rising interest rates have crimped loan production for virtually all mortgage lenders as more and more borrowers are forced to forestall home purchases or have no incentive to refinance. The sale of MSRs does not directly impact earnings as a revenue stream, given the MSRs are already accounted for as assets on the balance sheet.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

The settlement will require buyers to sign written buyer agreements that clearly disclose how much and by whom their broker are compensated. The negotiation would continue until the parties agreed to the terms of the sale. The final sales contract would be a document that supported the distribution of the funds at the closing.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

The plaintiffs in the Batton 1 homebuyer commission lawsuit are making a last-minute effort to prevent the court from granting final approval to the commission lawsuit settlement agreements reached by Anywhere , Keller Williams and RE/MAX on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2024

The majority of real estate sales fall under this category and usually employ a buyer’s and seller’s agent who negotiate on behalf of their respective parties. Although you can sell your home for whatever price you like, a controlled sale may incur certain tax liabilities for both parties. Put everything in writing.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

And for all talk about getting a good deal on a purchase or sale, people still just want to find the right home and have a smooth process. 1 need, while only 14% said they wanted help in negotiating the terms of the sale. The survey also shed light on the different methods by which agents are marketing homes for sale.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Also, fields displaying broker compensation on MLSs must be eliminated, there is a blanket ban on the requirement that agents subscribe to MLSs to offer or accept compensation and buyers’ agents must have written agreements. NAR said that the changes , if approved by the court, will go into effect in mid-July 2024.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2024

While there have not been any “ horror stories ” in the first few days since business practice changes mandated by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement were implemented, that doesn’t mean it has been completely smooth sailing for real estate professionals.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2024

The nation’s largest MLS also added a field to indicate whether the amount being offered was a dollar amount of a percentage of the sales price of the home. The modified forms, including the Residential Listing Agreement (RLA) and the Multiple Listing Service Addendum (MLSA), do not include offers of broker-to-broker compensation.

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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

MAY 12, 2022

billion in proceeds from those MSR sales — with UWM accounting for $871.8 That rising value, in turn, can make sales of MSRs a lucrative option for supplementing otherwise dour revenue streams. Additionally, on March 31, 2022, [UWM] entered into an agreement to sell MSRs with an aggregate UPB of approximately $16.1

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2024

Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock continues to face scrutiny from state regulators and is now under fire from disgruntled consumers. EasyKnock agreed to permanently end its sale-leaseback solution in Massachusetts, and to pay $200,000 to the state as part of the terms of its settlement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

“ Because the practices have been widely adopted by NAR-affiliated MLS networks , they are “therefore, agreements among competing real estate brokers each of which reduce price competition among brokers and lead to lower quality service for American home buyers and sellers,” the complaint alleged.

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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

JULY 19, 2023

This may be the result of fewer listings and slower sales, but we do not know for certain. A typical commission dispute arises when, after signing a listing agreement or buyer-broker agreement: A seller-client “cancels” a valid purchase contract. A seller-client cancels a listing.

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HomeLight

JULY 23, 2024

As a seller, you’ll first encounter a purchase agreement when you receive an offer from a buyer. The purchase agreement outlines the buyer’s offer price, along with contingencies , financing terms, closing costs , possession date, and more. A minor oversight can lead to home sale delays — or worse, trap you in a bad deal.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Buyers facing high mortgage rates are pulling out of their home-purchase agreements at the highest rate in nearly a year. Nearly 60,000 home-purchase agreements were canceled nationwide in August, equal to 15.7% home sale price rose 3% year over year to $420,846 in August, the largest annual increase since October 2022.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

and Business MAPS Management LLC as defendants, Davis alleges that the defendants inflated key profitability metrics including company sales and profits to convince individuals to purchase Keller Williams Regions and Market Centers. In addition, Davis claims that franchisees were required to purchase Keller’s books.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

“No person shall give, and no person shall accept any fee, kickback, or thing of value pursuant to any agreement or understanding, oral or otherwise, that business incident to or a part of a real estate settlement service involving a federally related mortgage loan shall be referred to any person.” ” 12 U.S.C.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2022

“Gain on sale revenue was under significant pressure throughout the quarter as the velocity of the increase in mortgage rates rose at the fastest rate this century,” Alessandro DiNello, president and chief executive officer of Flagstar Bancorp, said in a statement. from the prior quarter, to $53 million. billion in Q1 2021 to $5.7

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The loss was primarily driven by a “decrease in overall funding activities in the mortgage market” that resulted in a “significant” decline quarter-over-quarter of the company’s gain on sale margin. The filing revealed that refi loans made up 85% of funded loan volume for Better.com in last six months, while purchase volume was close to 15%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

With home sale prices continuing to rise, wire fraud prevention firm CertifID announced Thursday that it is increasing its direct, first-party insurance coverage maximum to $2 million. Customers are now able to purchase the coverage up to the increased maximum of $2 million.

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HomeLight

MARCH 7, 2024

But what happens if you’re now facing the decision of submitting a buyer cancellation of the purchase agreement? In this guide, we’ll break down what you need to know about buyer cancellation of a purchase agreement. What is a home purchase agreement?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

Despite settlement agreements from Anywhere , RE/MAX , Keller Williams , Compass and the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the copycat commission lawsuits keep coming. In May 2023, Jutla reportedly sold her Seattle home before purchasing a new property in California. She used Redfin agents for both listing and buying purposes.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Fighting against unfair fee agreements Recently, there has been an increase in the filing of unfair real estate fee agreements in property records, so-called Non-Title Recorded Agreements for Personal Services (NTRAPS). As an industry, we united against these unfair fee agreements.

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