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Now is a great time for brokerage acquisitions: RealTrends Consulting

Housing Wire

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

Housing Wire

At this early stage, it’s unclear how such commissions would be paid since buyers could pay their agents out of their pockets or negotiate commissions as a seller concession in the closing costs. NEXA has always been focused on purchase loans , which means some of its LOs do significant business with buyers’ agents.

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Starting from Scratch: What to Do When Your Real Estate Listing Agreement Expires

HomeLight

When you signed the listing contract to put your house on the market, you had high hopes for a quick sale. And now you’ve realized that even the listing agreement with your agent has expired. We’ll fill you in on what obligation (if any) you have to your agent and what your options are to complete the sale.

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7 best real estate schools in Florida (FL) for 2024

Housing Wire

In Florida, getting licensed as a real estate agent begins with the completion of an approved 63-hour Sales Associate prelicensing course. Key takeaways AceableAgent offers courses for every stage or your real estate journey, from prelicensing to post-licencing and training to hone your professional skills. Chapter Quizzes.

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“Sold Conditional On The Sale Of Buyer’s Property”

Toronto Realty Blog

An agent in my brokerage asked this last week. Let’s say that your home in listed for sale and you receive an offer, but the offer has a condition. Two days after the buyer and I have come to terms on the agreement, a subsequent buyer wants to make an offer. But what the heck is SCE? “Is that a typo?

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Found a Buyer on Your Own? Here’s Why You Still Need an Agent

Realtor.com

With an offer in hand, you might be asking what commission an agent would receive if the agent were to get involved at this stage of the home-selling process. However, keep in mind commission rates usually vary depending on the state you live in and among brokerages. Watch: 5 Things to Do Before Listing Your Home for Sale.

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What’s the Average California Real Estate Commission Rate?

HomeLight

Commissions are typically calculated as a percentage of a property’s sale price, though some brokerages will charge a flat fee. of the home sale price, according to HomeLight’s real estate transaction data of thousands of home sales each year. The average agent commission rate nationwide is 5.8% So, around 2.5%