Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

Real estate industry veteran Saul Klein is taking over as the CEO and director of SDAR’s wholly-owned San Diego MLS , according to an announcement on Tuesday. “I Klein has over 40 years of real estate industry experience. In these roles Klein will run daily operation of SDMLS.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Robert Reffkin is confident that Compass and its agents have what it takes to continue growing and succeeding in the changing real estate environment. “In We are a company of top agents.” Year over year , Compass gained 26 basis points of market share, bringing its total share of home sales in Q1 2024 to 4.76%.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

During a virtual open house hosted by Keller Williams to answer agent and broker questions about the settlements in the commission lawsuits , the overwhelming message was for real estate professionals to focus on what they can control. Don’t panic. The executives said they received more than 150 questions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

It devolved into a battle about historic facts, old-school MLS listing books, pronunciation corrections and even references to the kid-friendly restaurant chain Chuck E. He also said that the idea that agents and MLSs are colluding is “ridiculous.” My lawsuit wasn’t filed against individual Realtors; it was filed against the industry.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Real estate agents are facing a contracting issue that could seriously upend the traditional housing landscape. Under current guidelines, sellers pay a 5-6% commission on a sale which is split between the buyer and listing agents. But what happens if consumers pivot away from buyer agents altogether?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Several industry executives, including Rene Galicia, the former director of MLS engage at the National Association of Realtors , and Rodney Gansho, the head of engagement at NAR, again appeared via video deposition, according to reports from Inman News. The study attributes the “apparent uniformity of commission rates” to collusion.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Agents are the lifeblood of real estate brokerages. Recruiting and retaining high-performing agents remains a critical challenge for brokerages, especially in the environment created by the National Association of Realtors ’ recent $418 million settlement in a litany of agent commission lawsuits.

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RIS Media

APRIL 15, 2024

Above, Lisa Sturtevant and Brian Schneider After its new report, Dispelling Myths About Real Estate Commissions and the MLS, was released April 12, Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant and legal counsel Brian Schneider spoke in-depth at a virtual presentation about how the National Association of REALTORS®’ (NAR) proposed settlement and other (..)

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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. “Homebuyer survey data may provide some clues.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

These are all untrue and offensive words that come up when searching “Realtors” or “Real estate agents.” But even with all the negative nouns used to describe some real estate agents, the majority of real estate agents are professional and valuable. And before getting my real estate license in 2009, I had the same opinion, too.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

Multiple Listing Services (MLS) by those trying to disparage the system. 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. Not to mention all the other financial, legal and community details real estate agents help consumers understand.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For most real estate agents, working with a reliable lending partner is essential to a smooth and successful transaction. That partnership is everything,” Amy Breach, a Seattle-based Keller Williams agent, told HousingWire in late 2022. The lender and LO can make or break the transaction.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

She talks with a lot of people, and she announced to our company that this was coming and went through what exactly we should expect,” said Posnick, the sales manager at Chinatti Realty Group. If you sold a home and paid a commission to a real estate agent, you may be part of class action settlements,” the postcards read.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Speculation is still swirling around what Judge Stephen Bough’s final ruling on the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit will be and how it will impact the industry. that you have to be a Realtor to get access to the Realtor-owned and operated MLS. million members. Certainly there are a lot of places in the U.S. In about half the U.S.,

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RIS Media

AUGUST 16, 2023

The FSBO who plans to forgo the traditional real estate process until a few weeks (or months) of watching neighbors sell and field lowball offers brings them back to the agent—and to the MLS.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking the real estate industry to consider a world without the practice of cooperative compensation. Saris deny preliminary approval of MLS PIN’s second amended settlement agreement. Saris deny preliminary approval of MLS PIN’s second amended settlement agreement.

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RIS Media

MAY 13, 2024

He also… The post Compass Leader Bullish on Agent Value; Sees Major Sales Rebound Coming appeared first on RISMedia.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has been sending shockwaves across nearly every industry, and real estate is no exception. While our industry is notorious for its lethargic adoption of new technologies, it is inevitable that AI will reshape many of the traditional and archaic processes that exist today.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

No seller must use a real estate agent to sell a home — ever. In fact, considering inter-family and estate transfers as well as for-sale-by-owners, as many as 20% of all transactions may not include the use of an agent. Consumers are free to sell or buy a home without an agent — and consumers know this.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

There is no doubt that the cooperative compensation structure changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ commission lawsuits settlement agreement will generate massive changes in the real estate industry, but those are not the only changes mandated by the terms of the agreement. As of Jan. As of Jan.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Plaintiffs in Florida and Pennsylvania filed lawsuits on Monday, accusing real estate industry players of allegedly colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Despite not being affiliated with a Realtor association, West Penn MLS has adopted a rule similar to NAR’s Participation Rule.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

This decline may partially be attributed to the state’s largest MLS , Northwest MLS , not being affiliated with NAR, and the state being home to Redfin , which announced in October that it was asking agents to allow their NAR membership to lapse where possible. 8.7%), Colorado (-5.8%) and Maryland (-5.2%).

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A copycat commission lawsuit filed on Thursday by home sellers in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, accuses 47 real estate industry defendants of allegedly conspiring to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. 13, 2019, and the present and the plaintiffs are demanding a jury trial.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

HomeServices of America , the last remaining brokerage defendant in the landmark Sitzer/Burnett antitrust commission case , has agreed to pay $250 million in damages to settle lawsuits that will change agent compensation across America. The DOJ may also file charges separately to prevent any display of buyer agent commissions on any platform.

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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. Glide, which was founded in 2017, provides tools like eSignature and the digitization of sales processing forms.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

Filed last Wednesday in the Western District of Missouri, the Umpa suit, named after its lead and only plaintiff Daniel Umpa, accuses the real estate industry of allegedly colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Because this blanket offer must be made available to every buyer-broker using the MLS (i.e.,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

The real estate industry is facing yet another commission lawsuit , but this time the plaintiff is not seeking class-action status. Additionally, Wang wrote in his complaint that as a repeat buyer, he did not rely on his agents for advice or recommendations on inspectors, contractors, mortgage brokers or electricians.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Let’s break down the case and the potential implications for the industry. With nearly double the number of corporate defendants as both the Moehrl and Sitzer/Burnett cases, and the fact that the proposed class includes anyone who listed a property for sale on an MLS in the U.S. Who’s named?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

While the real estate industry is forever in flux, one constant is that it’s a relationship business. One of the biggest challenges for agents is finding new clients and staying top-of-mind until they are ready to buy or sell. Top Producer can also help you automate your marketing with branded MLS reports. Wondering how?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Although more agents are fielding questions about the commission lawsuits than they were a quarter ago , they also remain optimistic about where the housing market is headed in the second quarter of 2024, according to the RealTrends Q2 2024 AgentPulse survey. In a similar vein, “getting listings” was the third-largest hurdle cited by agents.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

I have spoken numerous times over the past 35 years about the fairness and efficiency of what I refer to as the Realtor marketplace , which is a combination of a multiple listing service with Realtor association oversight, supported by a majority of brokerage firms and sales agents. Buyers may begin to go directly to listing agents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

The company monetizes its platform’s traffic in a variety of ways, primarily by selling leads, software-as-a-service tools for agents and advertising services. However, the company still makes the vast majority of its revenue – 75% in 2023 – from the services it provides brokers and agents in the for-sale residential market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

the copycat suit alleges that real estate industry players have colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. who paid a buyer broker commission in connection with the sale of residential real estate listed on MetroList MLS between Jan. Filed on Thursday in U.S. 18, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Originally filed in late November, the Phillips lawsuit accuses real estate industry players of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. As a result of this scheme, the purportedly non-negotiable commissions of buyer agents are rolled into the sale price of homes.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

NAR’s settlement, which includes terms like mandatory buyer agency agreements and a ban on displaying offers of cooperative compensation on MLS platforms, only covers real estate brokerages that recorded $2 billion or less in transaction volume in 2022. But it’s a pretty big loss for the industry as a whole.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2020

Although many in the real estate industry say that San Franciscans are relocating to places more inland , some Century 21 agents in the San Francisco and Bay Area beg to differ. According to Hanna Ibrahim, who specializes in the San Jose and Silicon Valley market, the MLS said the average listing price in San Francisco is $1.68

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

During her deposition, Warner agreed that HomeServices’ franchise agreements stipulate that the independent contractors need to abide by the NAR Code of Ethics, but that agents don’t necessarily have to belong to NAR. Warner claimed that Blefari’s statements were not a rule for agents to follow, but an example of what Blefari would do.

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