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Can my agent get a better deal than others? The data says probably not

Housing Wire

The landmark antitrust lawsuit settlement agreed to by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in March has put the practices of real estate agents in the spotlight for both regulators and clients alike. Now, with agent commissions starting to decline, agents naturally want to convey the value of their services to buyers and sellers.

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Real estate commissions, brokerage models, and the consumer

Housing Wire

It does not reveal the actual commission paid by the seller at the closing table. On an 80/20 split the agent would receive $8000 (80%), and the brokerage would take $2000 (20%). All of it negotiated directly and transparently between the agent and the client with zero interference from the brokerage. Yeah, that’s scientific.

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Working with buyers in the nation’s hottest housing market

Housing Wire

Jay Garrett, a loan officer at Supreme Lending ’s McClellan Branch in Austin, said he is seeing 10 to 40 offers on houses no matter where they are in Austin, and cash offers are winning the day because sellers don’t want to have to worry about the house appraising too low for someone who needs financing. “If

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Why the US MLS system is the envy of other countries

Housing Wire

As an Irish immigrant to the United States in 1996 who became a real estate broker in 2000, I can tell you this: The U.S. That kind of drawn-out timetable is typical for the majority of western nations that use the auctioneer system where a seller works with one, perhaps two, auctioneers. fee to the seller.

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Nearly 40 housing tech firms make the 2023 Inc. 5000 list

Housing Wire

Homelight , a platform for homebuyers and sellers, was No. 403 Homelight 1,444% 2012 Providing a platform that helps deliver better outcomes for homebuyers and sellers. 997 American Mortgage Mortgage 594% 2019 A 100% employee-owned company providing solutions to mortgage industry challenges, which benefit clients and employees.

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Producing REALTORS® for Mid-Year 2024

Lamacchia Realty

Her reason for becoming a real estate agent is to continue her desire to work with people and have clients be as happy with their lifestyle as she is providing it to them. Her desire to help her clients earned Shauna the title of Rising Star in the September 2021 issue of the South Shore Real Producers Magazine !

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Producing REALTORS® for September 2023

Lamacchia Realty

It is crucial to her that she builds trust with her clients and that they feel comfortable throughout the entire buying or selling process. Amy values the relationships she builds with her clients and genuinely enjoys truly getting to know them! Laurie joined Lamacchia Realty Leominster in the spring of 2019.