Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

That can include being a housing market expert and advising clients on the best times to list or buy a home; having referrals handy for inspections, repairs, staging and photography; understanding the mortgage origination process; and more. Also top of the list, agents are marketers. Now, it’s time to join a brokerage.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

“I’ve never seen an environment where compliance has taken such precedent over everything else,” said John Heithaus, chief marketing officer at Ocusell , a compliance software firm. “If It also requires MLS members to disclose agreements with prospective buyers that outline commission expectations before showing them a home for sale.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

It can vary widely depending on the size of the team, its overall goals and the type of market it serves. The Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) Team Team members focus on recruiting agents to build the team while receiving residual income for agents in their downline. They handle property searches, showings, and contract negotiations.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

REcolorado has taken a big step toward moving on from its controversial sale earlier this year. “Dana brings the ideal combination of local market expertise and strong industry relationships — exactly what we need as we shape a new path for the future of our industry,” Joseph Burks, REcolorado’s new owner, said in a statement. .

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

In fact, the sweet spot for acquisitions over the next couple of years is going to be the small one-office brokerage firms.” With the headwinds facing the real estate industry, Wright and Murray believe smaller brokerage firms will be looking for a place to land, making acquisitions a possibility for even one-office, 25 agent firms.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

From the interest rate environment and inflation to the commission lawsuits and the business practice changes stemming from the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) settlement agreement , it has been quite a ride. First it was COVID , then it was interest rates, and it has been inventory for a very long time.

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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

MARCH 12, 2024

In an announcement on Tuesday, the brokerage noted that it had expanded the program to more than a dozen additional markets, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Diego and San Francisco. of the purchase price of the house. The Sign & Save refund starts at 0.25% of the purchase price, but it rises to 0.5%

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

For over 37 years I have been a consultant to brokerage firms, MLS’s, Association of Realtors, and other entities related to the residential brokerage industry. In addition to general advisory consulting, I was involved in nearly 1,000 sales or acquisitions of entities in this industry.

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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

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

MARCH 15, 2024

Meanwhile, trade groups representing lenders believe that more details on the settlement are needed to understand its coming impact on the housing market. NEXA has always been focused on purchase loans , which means some of its LOs do significant business with buyers’ agents.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

Pardon if my words convey a dash of sarcasm yet, after over four decades of helping buyers and sellers and running two of the largest brokerage companies in the world, I am compelled to read missives of the misinformed as they pop corks in celebration. This compensation may be fully or partially offset by the seller.

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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

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. The buy is Compass’s first since the residential brokerage started publicly trading shares earlier this month.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

In his new role, Giangrande will initially work toward scaling the company’s state licensing efforts to grow future market opportunities. And he will oversee development and implementation of the firm’s marketing strategy and distribution processes. billion have been issued since August 2021.

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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. Who’s most exposed? But that statement comes with a big asterisk.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Redfin announced Tuesday layoffs of 121 employees as it shakes up its mortgage department, including purchasing a lending company. The real estate company entered into an agreement to acquire mortgage lender Bay Equity Home Loans for $135 million, two-thirds in cash and one-third in stocks, Redfin said in a press release and public filing.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Amongst the most substantial terms of that agreement is a blanket ban on the requirement that agents subscribe to MLSs to offer or accept compensation for their work. There has been quite a bit of discussion already about how this will impact the traditional residential purchase. Dramatic change is what it means.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

31, 2023, and has since reshaped the business practices for real estate brokerages and agents across the country. With NAR’s settlement requiring agents to have a signed buyer agency agreement with every buyer that spells out how much the agent will be paid in a transaction, many believed that buyers using a loan from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Instant homebuyer Opendoor has acquired “tech”-focused mortgage brokerage RedDoor , the companies announced Friday. The purchase comes amid questions of whether iBuying is a viable business model following Zillow’s announcement Tuesday that the company is winding down its iBuying arm. Opendoor has $25.4

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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. We just don’t know what they are yet.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty agent Jessica Adams is under fire after TechCrunch co-founder and crypto investor, Michael Arrington took to Twitter on Tuesday alleging that Adams had leaked information about his purchase of a Miami waterfront mansion to the press, creating security concerns that forced him and his family to relocate.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2022

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty agent Jessica Adams is under fire after TechCrunch co-founder and crypto investor, Michael Arrington took to Twitter on Tuesday alleging that Adams had leaked information about his purchase of a Miami waterfront mansion to the press, creating security concerns that forced him and his family to relocate.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

In return, Hometap gets an agreed-upon percentage of the sale price or appraised value within a 10-year period. The home equity investment is a new concept for many homeowners and is still small compared to the size of the traditional mortgage market. The annual investment volume in the U.S. billion have been completed.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

They also recently closed on their purchase of a new home. 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. And they paid a 1% fee to their solicitor for their purchase. All in all, my parents paid 4.5% experience.

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HomeLight

APRIL 29, 2025

In todays housing market, a major legal settlement has changed agent commission rules. Following a court-approved agreement with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) last year, homebuyers are now responsible for negotiating Realtor fees directly with their buyers agent. Theyre looking at this as a marketing tool now.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Most brokerage leaders know about the multiple challenges facing the real estate industry, not the least of which are the major class-action lawsuits. As with every state where buyer agency laws exist, the licensee’s native status is as a transaction broker or facilitator unless and until a separate, bilateral agency agreement is executed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

There are more than enough homes sales in your market for every one of you to hit your goals if you do the right things. If you don’t do your contact and your lead gen throughout time, whether it is good or bad, when the market changes you are always behind,” Keller said. This is what we as professionals get paid to do.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Zillow said Thursday that more than 50% of its remaining iBuying inventory “has sold, is under contract to sell or has reached agreement on disposition terms.”. As of last month, the firm reported 9,800 homes it purchased but has yet to sell, and 8,200 it is contractually obliged to buy – or a shade under 18,000 total.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

The uptick in home sales during the second quarter of 2023 helped Anywhere Real Estate get back in the black. Anywhere, world’s largest franchisor of residential real estate brands and formerly known as “Realogy,” attributed this drop to a steep drop in home sale transaction volume. “We

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2025

Or you can take your time, because the prelicensing course expires six months after the date of purchase. Pass Guarantee or Refund Policy: With The CE Shops Money Back Guarantee, you can request your money back within 30 days of purchase, as long as the course is not more than 50% complete.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

They do not mention commissions at all in their marketing and on their websites. The regulations also, at the industry’s initiative, effectively require buyers working with buyer brokers to sign agreements before touring homes. This ability will ease the transition to a fairer, more price-competitive market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It is going to change how title companies market their products and services,” Cain said. They will have to get on that listing side of things, which will be much harder as it is an earlier point of sale, as no one has even looked at buying the house yet.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

Guaranteed Rate, the Chicago-based mortgage lender , and Compass, the New York City-headquartered residential real estate brokerage , “entered into a definitive agreement to form OriginPoint , a new mortgage origination company,” according to a press release Tuesday. billion market capitalization. billion in mortgages last year.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

But as I write this blog post (over the weekend), I can only guess as to how October sales will look. In my monthly “TRREB Stats” blog post, I always examine three essential statistics in our real estate market: price, sales, and new listings. Regardless, we have demand in this market. We also have inventory.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Ask the average real estate agent or broker in America if they believe the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and brokerages are likely to win the bombshell Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit case on appeal. Asked if they felt their compensation should change depending on the market and economy, 61.5% of respondents said no.

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