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Pending home sales post a modest gain in March:  NAR

Housing Wire

Pending home sales increased by 3.4% Sales were essentially flat compared to one year ago. NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index increased to 78.2 New-home sales jumped by 8.8% New-home sales jumped by 8.8% Meanwhile, existing-home sales receded by 4.3% million home sales in 2024, a 9% increase from 2023.

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A transparent foreclosure marketplace reveals hidden equity

Housing Wire

billion in potential home equity has been uncovered for distressed homeowners facing foreclosure. billion is the amount of surplus funds generated by foreclosure sales on the Auction.com platform between 2016 and 2020. 36,000 Surplus per Sale. Over the past five years, more than $1.2

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How online auctions deliver on the promise of pre-foreclosure sales

Housing Wire

The great promise of short sales and other distressed pre-foreclosure sales as a foreclosure alternative is most fully realized in a competitive and transparent online auction marketplace, according to recent data from the Auction.com Market Validation Program (MVP) for pre-foreclosure sales. Falling Short. More than 1.7

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“Collusion,” agent training are the focus on day three of the Sitzer/Burnett trial

Housing Wire

Several industry executives, including Rene Galicia, the former director of MLS engage at the National Association of Realtors , and Rodney Gansho, the head of engagement at NAR, again appeared via video deposition, according to reports from Inman News. On the home sale at issue, Ellis said she paid 6% commission on the home sale.

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Plaintiffs take the stand in the Sitzer/Burnett trial

Housing Wire

On the home sale at issue, Ellis said she paid 6% commission on the home sale. According to Ketchmark, the buyer’s agent portion of the commission on Ellis home sale accounted for 20.55% of her net equity, meaning the commissions for both agents ate up roughly 40% of the equity she had accumulated on the property. “It

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RE/MAX settles buyer broker commission lawsuits for $55 million

Housing Wire

“The Settlement resolves all claims in the Lawsuits and similar claims on a nationwide basis against RE/MAX … and releases RE/MAX and the Company, their subsidiaries and affiliates, and RE/MAX sub-franchisors, franchisees and their sales associates in the United States from the Claims,” the SEC filing reads. “By

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The 2023 housing market is at odds with itself

Housing Wire

Sales and new pending contracts are below pre-pandemic levels. Bright MLS’ recent survey showed that sellers in the Mid-Atlantic received an average of 3.4 First-time buyers are having the hardest time, competing with higher-income buyers who are offering all-cash or who are able to roll equity for a home sale into a new home purchase.

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