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Real estate agents continue to change brokerages: Relitix

Housing Wire

Relitix’s Agent Movement Index continues to rise on a seasonally adjusted basis as real estate agents continue the trend of switching brokerages at a faster rate than 2023. Additionally, the drop in active agent count, representing those agents with a closing in the last 12 months, has been halted. respectively.

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Judge closes, then reopens Nosalek commission lawsuit court docket

Housing Wire

As a result, the docket was listed as closed as of Thursday morning before being reopened at midday. That’s because the deadline for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file its statement of interest in the MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN) settlement agreement is at the end of the day Thursday. The remaining $1.64

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Bright MLS to allow $0 buyer broker commissions

Housing Wire

The nation’s second largest multiple listing service , Bright MLS , will begin allowing listing agents to put in a blanket offer of compensation for buyer brokers of zero dollars or more, starting on August 9. While Bright MLS, which serves clients in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Washington, D.C.,

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Opinion: Local MLS broker marketplaces, rules equitably advance American homeownership

Housing Wire

In reality, consumers are better off and business competition thrives very much because of NAR’s rules and how well local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) broker marketplaces function. These local MLS broker marketplaces work in favor of consumers every day. And who is hurt most by that proposition?

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Subtle shifts in real estate agent dynamics in March: Relitix

Housing Wire

Key highlights from this month’s AMI show that the decline in the number of active agents, those with a closing in the past year, has plateaued. Moreover, the AMI reveals an upward trend in agents switching between brokerages, though the expected peak for March fell short of previous highs, the overall trend continues generally upward.

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Panic! at the brokerage: Industry leaders plan next steps after NAR settlement

Housing Wire

I think a lot of agents just sort of relied on the MLS to dictate what they were going to make. They could look at a listing and know what they were going to get paid if their client’s deal closed, and now that is not going to be how it works.” There is going to be a lot more conversations happening around off-MLS considerations.”

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Deal or no deal? What opting in to NAR’s settlement could mean for some of the nation’s largest brokerages

Housing Wire

For many real estate brokerages and roughly 1 million Realtors, the nationwide settlement agreement that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) negotiated due to the ongoing commission lawsuits marks the end of their cooperative compensation litigation concerns, at least for the time being. billion ), Douglas Elliman ($42.8

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