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‘Find buyers before agents!’ Mortgage industry reacts to the NAR settlement

Housing Wire

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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Why the US MLS system is the envy of other countries

Housing Wire

Multiple Listing Services (MLS) by those trying to disparage the system. 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. All in all, my parents paid 4.5%

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‘Don’t panic:’ KW executives address agent questions on NAR commission settlement

Housing Wire

Under the terms of the settlement agreements reached by both Keller Williams and the National Association of Realtors (NAR), cooperative compensation is still allowed. There is simply a new NAR rule that applies to all NAR member and NAR MLSs that does not allow cooperative compensation to be offered on the MLS.”

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Opinion: Why real estate agents shouldn’t worry about commission changes

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors has provided these facts: 86% of buyers purchased their home through a real estate agent or broker. The main takeaways from the case: (1) compensation offers will no longer be shown on the MLS. Agents/Brokerages have fees and/or commission structures. Will sellers pay less?

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Opinion: Prepare for a future without guaranteed shared compensation

Housing Wire

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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Compass acquisition could worry some California agents

Housing Wire

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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DataDigest: What happens if 1 million real estate agents disappear?

Housing Wire

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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