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Josh Team accused of taking illegal kickbacks in battle between two tech firms

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According to the counterclaim, in 2015 while working for Keller Williams, Team was asked to build a platform for the firm. In order to do this, Team formed EMC, and a former colleague formed Aika, which subsequently obtained a contract to build the software for KW.

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Douglas Elliman fires brokerage CEO Scott Durkin

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Durkin joined Douglas Elliman in 2015, becoming chief operating officer in 2016 and president in 2017. The Alexanders’ firm, Official Partners , is now brokered with Side and is currently facing a lawsuit from Side that deals with an alleged breach of their contract.

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CFPB issues warning on ‘fine-print tactics‘ used to ‘trick‘ consumers

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Supreme Court rejected a challenge to its funding mechanism in mid-May, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is now targeting the use of what it deemed ”unlawful or unenforceable” terms and conditions in contracts. A Supervisory Highlights from the Summer of 2015 refers mainly to home equity installment loan agreements.

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New listings data is growing and prices still aren’t crashing

Housing Wire

2015 81,875 2016 80,293 2017 84,293 2018 98,972 2019 87,278 Now, let me show you what stressed sellers’ data looks like. Here are the price-cut percentages for last week over the previous few years: 2024: 38% 2023: 32% 2022: 31% Pending sales Below is our weekly pending contract data year-over-year to show real-time demand.

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Housing demand firming up with lower mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Housing demand is very seasonal, so the fact that our pending contract data is firming up lately just shows that lower mortgage rates have stabilized and firmed up demand recently. Weekly pending sales Below is the Altos Research weekly pending contract data to show real-time demand. Weekly inventory change (Sept.

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Mortgage rates head lower, helped by better mortgage spreads

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Here are the price-cut percentages for last week over the previous few years: 2024: 38% 2023: 33% 2022: 33% Pending sales Below is the Altos Research weekly pending contract data year-over-year to show real-time demand. These are live weekly contracts, compared to the purchase application data, which looks out to 30-90 days.

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The housing market is better positioned for lower mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Here are the price-cut percentages for last week over the previous few years: 2024: 38% 2023: 33% 2022: 32% Pending sales Below is the Altos Research weekly pending contract data year-over-year to show real-time demand. With more sellers who are buyers, we have a tad more demand this year. Last week, we returned close to recent lows.