Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The third week of the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit trial kicked off Monday with some final testimony from the defendants before making way for closing arguments from both parties. Davis also discussed the MLS and how the National Association of Realtors’ Clear Cooperation Rule impacts both buyers and sellers during her time on the stand.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

Multiple Listing Services (MLS) by those trying to disparage the system. This past December, my mother and father closed on their home of 35 years in Limerick, Ireland, after 10 months “in escrow.” They also recently closed on their purchase of a new home. And that home rental between closings? An additional $6,400.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2021

However, the Federal Trade Commission delayed the deal’s close by extending the review period. One possible focus is how Zillow divides listings into the “listings agent” and “other agent” categories, based on whether the home for sale is coming from an MLS internet data exchange feed.

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Inman

DECEMBER 13, 2023

OneKey MLS's purchase of broker-owned Mid-Hudson MLS is expected to close in January. OneKey says it will provide more data and reach to agents while saving time and money.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

According to his testimony, he has no involvement in NAR or local association boards, but he does encourage agents to get involved and be members of their local association to have access to their local MLS , which he called “the single-best marketplace created.” Closing arguments in the commission lawsuit trial are expected on Monday.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2023

level reported last summer, but inflation is still running far above the Fed’s target rate of 2%,” Lisa Sturtevant, Bright MLS’ chief economist, said in a statement. “CPI data show that inflation is down significantly from the 9.1% Shelter was again a major contributor to this increase, rising 0.4% month over month, thanks to a 0.6%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

“In particular, we believe it is likely that the DOJ will now look to intervene in the recent NAR nationwide settlement agreement in order to close any loopholes/workarounds, such as off-MLS compensation offers, and ensure more impactful changes to commission policies,” the note read.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

DOJ argues only that the plain language of the closing letter does not bar it from reopening its investigation and issuing a new CID regarding the Participation Rule and the Clear Cooperation Policy. 2020, in which the DOJ agreed to close its investigation into NAR. The words “close” and “reopen” are unambiguously compatible.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

Wisconsin-based Knight Barry Title has announced its acquisition of MLS Title , located in Fort Myers, Florida. MLS Title, owned by Susan Malach, opened in 2004. The post Knight Barry Title acquires Florida’s MLS Title appeared first on HousingWire. The company now owns 12 companies in the Sunshine State.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In its statement of interest relating to MLS Property Information Network ’s (MLS PIN) settlement agreement with the Nosalek commission lawsuit plaintiffs, filed Thursday evening, the DOJ recommended that Judge Patti D. Saris deny preliminary approval of MLS PIN’s second amended settlement agreement.

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RIS Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

California Regional MLS (CRMLS) now offers TheQwikFix, a service that allows agents to upload property reports and then receive detailed and competitively priced repair quotes from local, licensed contractors who are available to complete the job before or shortly after closing.

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Realty Biz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is a vital resource in the real estate market. Understanding MLS abbreviations is crucial when navigating property listings. Additionally, MLS codes indicate property status, pricing, and sales information. Understanding the MLS and its significance in property buying and selling is essential.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Additionally, the drop in active agent count, representing those agents with a closing in the last 12 months, has been halted. In addition, we are watching the count of active agents very closely. The index is calculated using national-level data from a large sample of the nation’s most prominent MLS systems.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2023

Overall, the economy is still very durable, said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist of Bright MLS. As a result, home purchases are slowing and more pressure is added on home and rental prices. It is highly possible that mortgage rates will remain above 6.5% over the coming weeks.

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Real Estate News

MAY 3, 2023

Frank Major is remembered as a “smart and kind” leader who served on the board of RESO and Byte Back, an organization working to close the digital divide.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Moving past cooperative compensation In early August, Bright MLS , the nation’s second largest MLS, began allowing listing agents to use a $0 blanket offer of compensation for buyer brokers and still list a property on the MLS. Let’s break down the changes and the implications.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

A past rule requiring an offer of some amount of compensation was a rule of display on a Realtor-owned MLS, yet it could have been as low as $1. That limitation was removed and today the MLS accepts all listings, regardless of buyer agent consideration.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Just as with the other copycat commission lawsuits, the Peiffer suit takes issue with NAR’s Participation Rule, which requires listing brokers to make a blanket offer of compensation to buyer’s brokers in order to list a property on the MLS. The plaintiff is demanding damages, a permanent injunction and a jury trial.

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RIS Media

JUNE 27, 2023

OneKey® MLS, the largest MLS in New York, has announced that residential, condo, and co-op sales transactions in the regional MLS coverage area saw a 2.6% increase in closed median sale price month-over-month from April to May 2023. MoM appeared first on RISMedia. MoM appeared first on RISMedia.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The lawsuit was filed by Christina Grace, who sold a house listed on Bay Area Real Estate Information Services MLS (BAREIS MLS) in April 2020 and paid a commission to the buyer’s agent. Grace is seeking class action status for the suit, with the proposed class being any homeowner who listed and sold a home on BAREIS MLS between Dec.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

So while I don’t want to come off as unsympathetic to those that are trying to find a place to rent, I did find this MLS listing humourous. After all, you just never see this on MLS: Wow, that’s a lot to digest! First of all, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a “room rental” on MLS before.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

The settlement also includes eliminating fields that display broker compensation on Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) and ending the blanket requirement that agents subscribe to an MLS to offer or accept compensation. There’s no such thing as a surprise at closing,” Broeksmit said. Regarding the resignation of U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Based on the selling guides in use by the GSEs, property sellers are allowed to make financing concessions toward the borrower’s closing costs at a maximum amount of 2% to 9% of the property value.

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HomeLight

JULY 6, 2023

That’s why it’s important for your real estate agent to keep your property’s status up to date, both in the multiple listing service (MLS) that agents cooperatively use, as well as in online marketplaces, which pull data from the MLS. An offer has been accepted, and the sale is expected to close.

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RIS Media

MAY 18, 2023

Across the Mid-Atlantic markets sellers are holding their driver seat positions in home sales,according to a new report from Bright MLS. Bright MLS’s monthly market report for May found that Sellers who closed on their home in April received an average of 3.5 offers, and 53.5%

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Real Trends

JULY 21, 2023

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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RIS Media

APRIL 21, 2023

OneKey MLS–servicing the southern regions of New York state such as the Hudson Valley, New York City, and Long Island–maintains a monthly report keeping track of changes to the residential real estate market. On April 18, 2023, the MLS released its report covering February to March, 2023.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Mortgage rates stabilized in the past week but remain close to the narrow range observed since the start of this month. Meanwhile, the Bright MLS forecast for 2024 calls for mortgage rates to decline further this year, reaching 6.2% The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.69% as of Jan. by the fourth quarter.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

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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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2023

They’re going to struggle to come up with closing costs in addition to that, and what we don’t want to see is the marginalization of those buyers … our first-time homebuyers, our first-generation homebuyers and even our middle and low-income buyers. However, Kasper said these is no way replace the MLS.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

The trade group closed out 2023 with 1,554,604 members. This decline may partially be attributed to the state’s largest MLS , Northwest MLS , not being affiliated with NAR, and the state being home to Redfin , which announced in October that it was asking agents to allow their NAR membership to lapse where possible.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

Potential homebuyers should look closely at existing state and local resources, such as down payment assistance programs, which can considerably help defray closing costs.” Mortgage rates dipped below 7% before the start of the new year, steadily declining each week of December.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The latest weakness in existing home sales still reflects the buyer bidding process in most of October when mortgage rates were at a two-decade high before the actual closings in November,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. “A According to Bright MLS’ forecasts, there will be 4.6 Looking at the four major U.S.

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RIS Media

MARCH 26, 2024

According to OneKey® MLS (which covers southern regions of New York State such as Long Island, NYC and Westchester County), the regional, single-family, closed median sale price was $650,000 in February 2024, a year-over-year 10.5% increase over the price of $588,500 from February 2023.

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GeekEstate

JANUARY 27, 2024

We have a job opportunity to share from a member of GEM Diamond, Bright MLS. Company Description Bright MLS is the engine that powers the real estate market in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. Learn More The post Proptech Job Opportunity: Director of Strategy and Business Development at Bright MLS appeared first on GeekEstate Blog.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

You know what you do, but how do you explain it in such a way that a buyer understands your value, the required agency forms and everything involved to make it to the closing table? There are other ways to find inventory rather than just using your MLS. Be the reason they make it to the closing table.

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