Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Like the other commission lawsuits, the Jensen suit is seeking class action status for anyone who sold a property listed on Wasatch Front MLS , Washington County MLS , Iron County MLS or Summit County MLS between Feb. 9, 2020, and the present, and paid a buyer broker commission.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

On Wednesday, West Penn MLS , a defendant in the Moratis suit, filed a motion to stay the case, noting that it has opted into the NAR settlement agreement. In the motion, West Penn MLS said that it is seeking a stay until Judge Stephen R.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In response, many brokerage firms have adapted their business models to navigate these challenges. brokerage firms continues to decline, sitting near 10% by the end of 2024. Additionally, segmentation among brokerage firms is likely to increase, driven by differences in cost structures and technology adoption.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Although the verdict has yet to be announced, Stella said he has been seeing changes to how MLS and agents operate over the past few years. Like Stella, Moffett also believes changes to MLS access may arise as a result of the lawsuit and the provisions outlined in the two settlement agreements. “A That is what they forget.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Stone Point Capital has purchased Vista Equity Partners’ stake in real estate software company Lone Wolf Technologies. Financial terms of the transaction with Vista Equity Partners weren’t disclosed. million agents, 8,000 brokerages and hundreds of MLS ’ and associations in North America.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The third day of the highly consequential Sitzer/Burnett class action buyer broker commission lawsuit included a deep dive into the training materials used by various brokerages and the testimony of three of the named plaintiffs. I do believe that the MLS is derived from the concept of cooperation and compensation,” Bailey said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Yet another national real estate brokerage firm has reached a settlement agreement in two of the major class action antitrust lawsuits facing the real estate industry. In the SEC filing, RE/MAX stated that the settlement was not an admission of liability.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2021

REX Homes , the discount brokerage behind an anti-trust lawsuit against Zillow and the National Association of Realtors , announced its second round of layoffs late last week. The company is not publicly traded, but it has earned several rounds of private equity funding. In June, a judge ruled in favor of Zillow.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2025

Agents can now spend time converting high-quality leads that are sure to turn into more closed deals instead of spending hours trying to identify potential sellers through expired MLS listings or door knocking. Advanced search filters: Filter by pre-foreclosures, auctions, liens, vacancy and equity.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

We started this process back in June when I resigned our NAR board seat, which are appointed to the top 50 brokerages in the country,” Rath told HousingWire in an interview Tuesday. model of local MLS broker marketplaces has long been — and still is — considered the best value in the world. There is a lot of unwinding to do there.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

In the Times investigation, three women described a pattern of inappropriate behavior by Parcell, who runs the Kenny Parcell Team at Equity Realty in Spanish Forks, Utah. Parcell also wrote that the allegations were false, and claimed he was the victim of character assassination. NAR has over 1.5 Most of its leaders and executives are male.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The biggest combined brokerage company in the country in terms of all their brands, just said, ‘We’re out. Worst case scenario, the broker representing the buyer will have to negotiate their own fee with their client and the seller can no longer be compelled to make a blanket offer of compensation in order to list on the MLS,” Murray said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to CMLS, conceding the “competitive vibrancy, efficiency, openness, and equity” for “lesser, more shortsighted considerations,” would be a mistake. Evans wrote that if CCP is repealed, sellers would “pay dearly” and buyers might find it “more difficult, and perhaps more expensive, to see a full picture of their options.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Marc Helm President and CEO ReverseAmerica Advisors Hoby Hanna President and CEO Hanna Holdings James O’Bryon CEO RE/MAX Gold Nation Jarred Kessler CEO and Founder EasyKnock Jason Abrams Head of Industry and Learning Keller Williams Jeff Allen President CubiCasa Jennifer Hedgepeth Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer DHI Mortgage Jimmy (..)

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Inman

JUNE 13, 2025

Real estate affinity groups and inclusion leaders told Inman that by shifting potential liability away from local and state Realtor groups, brokerages will now be expected to rule on certain ethics complaints.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. The GSE’s $8B profit in 2Q could buy most of the brokerage industry. Success means zero defect loans, costing $2K to manufacture, for 5M new homes, built in the right places.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Some of the nation’s largest real estate brokerages, including Keller Williams, RE/MAX , HomeServices of America as well as the National Association of Realtors , are facing three class action lawsuits (NAR is only named as a defendant in two lawsuits) that could result in the industry paying out tens of billions in damages.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Agnes Standowicz Senior Vice President and Head of Underwriting United Wholesale Mortgage Alayna Gardner Director of Sales and Marketing LodeStar Software Solutions Ali Haralson President Auction.com Amanda Tucker Chief Risk and Compliance Officer Atlantic Bay Mortgage Company Amy Gromowski Executive of Science and Analytics (..)

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2023

Three women went public with what was described as a pattern of inappropriate behavior by Parcell, who runs the Kenny Parcell Team at Equity Realty in Spanish Forks, Utah. Sixteen complaints reviewed by the Times involved Parcell , a Utah Realtor who began climbing the leadership ranks in 2020.

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Inman

JUNE 26, 2024

Denver Metro Association of Realtors and South Metro Denver Realtors Association say sale to private equity firm would offer protection during a time of intense litigation in the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

But instead of slashing my commissions, cutting my marketing budget and panicking, I put in the sweat equity to find ways to thrive. How many have significant enough equity gains from the last few years to make trading up to a bigger or better home possible? Is your brokerage going to take less? You got it! Visit Ylopo 6.

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RIS Media

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) is proposing a series of changes to its multiple listing services (MLS) in the new year, according to recent reports. Another motion would restrict MLS participants and subscribers from advertising their services to buyers and sellers as “free,” according to the list of recommendations.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

If you can’t nab listings like this, offer to sit open house events for busy agents at your brokerage who DO have listings in the areas you aspire to work in. Such details should influence your marketing decisions and how you position your open house event on your MLS, social media, newsletter, etc. Check out Top Producer 9.

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RIS Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

For emerging brokerages carving out their niche in the market, recruitment and retention of top talent have become essential to their trajectory. For Real Brokerage Inc. Real), that has meant offering “low splits, revenue sharing, equity and more.” ” More Money in Agent’s Pockets. . Tech and Support .

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Chris had the idea to talk about “discount brokerages,” and I thought it was great. Alternative Brokerage Models: Are We Trying to Solve a Problem That Doesn’t Exist? Chris, Tara, Matthew, Richard, and myself, and even Christan Bosley, all write an article for the magazine that could be on any number of topics.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

According to recent statistics from NAR , “social media is more powerful than MLS for generating quality leads.” With email marketing, there are many tools that can target neighborhoods and drill down to include lists of absentee owners or people with massive home equity who may be ready to sell.

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BAM Media

AUGUST 23, 2024

As a flat-fee brokerage, Homie also claims these organizations block new, innovative market entrants from disrupting the traditional real estate model—particularly those that offer services for lower commissions. In its filing, the brokerage included several alleged messages from real estate agents to showcase its argument.

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Real Trends

MAY 9, 2023

And yet, in today’s world of technology, instant gratification and misinformation, local MLS broker marketplaces and real estate professionals can be taken for granted. Advocate for local broker marketplaces Local MLS broker marketplaces create accessibility and ensure equity.

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HomeLight

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“People had done 100% financing on their homes,” says Jessica Wallace , a top-selling agent based in the Santa Cruz, California area, so they had zero equity when “the market dropped 10%.”. More recently, however, the hot market of 2021-2022 saw homeowners with mortgages increase the equity in their homes by 27.8% Jessica Wallace.

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Broke Agent Media

MARCH 30, 2023

There are now seven plaintiffs, all home sellers who take issue with NAR policies, including the policy that requires listing brokers to offer buyer brokers a commission in order to list a property on the MLS. In an email statement to Inman , NAR spokesperson Mantill Williams expressed disappointment over the court decision. “Pro-competitive,

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RIS Media

MARCH 18, 2021

The commission structure where the listing broker offers to share his or her commission with the buyer broker ensures greater equity and equality for first-time, low-income and many other home buyers who otherwise couldn’t afford a home and professional representation. All that for a median gross income of $49,700 for Realtors®. .

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RIS Media

JANUARY 24, 2021

At WAV Group, Wilson helps to outline and drive growth strategies for many of the nation’s leading MLSs, tech companies and brokerages, including the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® network. She also brings a marketing and operational lens to brokerages, associations and MLSs. Jolivet began her career in TV news.

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RIS Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The petition notes that the Antitrust Division agreed to close civil antitrust investigations concerning two of NAR’s policies for multiple listing services (MLS), called the Participation Rule and the Clear Cooperation Policy. Enabling buyer brokers to filter MLS listings based on the level of buyer broker commissions offered.

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Realty Biz

JANUARY 24, 2022

JPAR ® Real Estate, America’s #1 fastest-growing,100% commission brokerage, is pleased to recognize the appointment of Shannon Ashkinos as President of the Greater Fort Worth Association of REALTORS®. Her leadership in career development and technology will provide exceptional value for every member of the association,” stated Johnson.

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HomeLight

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Find a brokerage with a rent-to-own program. If you choose not to buy, you will lose the option fee and, depending on the terms of the contract, possibly the down payment and any equity in the property. Find a brokerage with a rent-to-own program. Table of Contents. What is a rent-to-own home? Pros and cons of rent-to-own.

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Redfin

AUGUST 22, 2024

The National Association of Realtors and multiple listing service (MLS) have implemented new rules about how real estate agents communicate about real estate fees. A seller can still pay the buyer’s agent, but they cannot advertise any offers of compensation in the MLS unless expressly allowed by local rules. Should I offer one?

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HomeLight

APRIL 30, 2022

and the questions about how to even find a house (do you have to wait until it’s been listed on the MLS, or is there a better way?) — you’re already overwhelmed. Many buyers feel comfortable searching the multiple listing service (MLS) online by way of well-known sites and apps, such as realtor.com, Zillow, and Trulia. Realtor.com.

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