Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

While some in the real estate industry are expecting to see a decline in the number of buyer’s agents as a result of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , others have taken it a step further and are betting their companies on it. Meet the AI real estate agent.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

Bonnie Williamson never intended to be a real estate agent. As more and more people enter the real estate industry – membership at the National Association of Realtors has ballooned to a record 1.6 In 2020, it launched its own agent-focused product, dubbed “pl@tform.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

The suit, known as Fierro, after its lead plaintiff Gael Fierro, a Californian home seller, accuses the real estate industry of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. 17, 2020, and the present. It was filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A second home seller in Nevada has filed a lawsuit alleging that real estate industry players in the state have colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. 16, 2020, and the present. 16, 2020, and the present. The copycat commission lawsuit was filed on Friday in U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

The latest copycat commission lawsuit alleges that real estate industry players in Nevada have colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Unlike other commission lawsuit, the Whaley suit only names Realtor associations as defendants. 15, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

District Court in Arizona, Joseph Masiello, an Arizona resident and home seller, accuses several real estate companies of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. 5, 2020, and the present. In a copycat suit filed last Friday in U.S. commission ($10,250) to the buyer broker.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

the copycat suit alleges that real estate industry players have colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Lyon & Associates , Guide Real Estate , Paul M. Zagaris Real Estate , and Anywhere franchise Century 21 Select Real Estate , are also defendants in the lawsuit.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Stone and Ozonian have both been repeatedly honored for their leadership, as Progress in Lending “Lending Luminaries” in 2019, as well as HousingWire Vanguard Award recipients in 2019 for Stone and 2020 for Ozonian. Stone also received October Research’s “Leadership Award” in September 2020.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

The official magazine for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently touched on the topic of reverse mortgages, mentioning products such as the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) and addressing topics like the desires of baby boomers to age in place in their homes.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

That raises a question of perhaps little interest to National Basketball Association fans but a great deal of interest to National Association of Realtors members – where is the real estate agent in this picture? billion in profits through the first nine months of 2020.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

District Court in Utah, accusing real estate industry players of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. 9, 2020, and the present, and paid a buyer broker commission. 9, 2020, and the present, and paid a buyer broker commission.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

How much are real estate referral fees? Who pays the real estate referral fees and how are they paid? Drafting a referral agreement that works for all parties How to find a great real estate agent in another area When to accept a referral (and when not to)? What is a real estate referral fee?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is facing yet another lawsuit. The latest complaint, which is seeking class-action status, was filed on Friday by eight real estate agents in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The suit is seeking class-action status for a group that includes all real estate agents in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

Compass announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to buy San Francisco-based real estate transaction platform Glide , a deal that some California real estate agents may feel uneasy about. The company lost $270 million in 2020, according to financials provided during the initial public offering process.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

But the virus has had anything but a negative impact on real estate in El Paso. According to multiple real estate agents and mortgage brokers, low interest rates and a high percentage of “essential” jobs in their town has kept the housing market and local economy strong. Interest rates were so low, at 2.5%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

District Court for Northern California, accusing the real estate industry of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. The National Association of REALTORS will respond to this complaint in court.” 8, 2019, and the present.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

On Friday afternoon, my real estate agent called with good news. The agent wished me well and said that she would appreciate a review on her website. What’s especially interesting is that unlike average or low-performing agents, top-performing agents simply don’t lower their commission rates very often. “I

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

Real Estate Exchange (REX) filed an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday in federal court against Zillow , accusing the company of anticompetitive behavior related to showing certain homes on its platform. Trulia and the National Association of Realtors are also named in the suit. billion visits.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

of offers written by Redfin agents faced a bidding war, down from the peak in April of 74.3%, and below the August 2020 bidding war rate of 59.4%. Instead of 25 to 30 offers on turnkey homes, we’re now seeing five to seven,” Nicole Dege, a Redfin real estate agent from Orlando said in a statement. In August, 58.8%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2022

When the restaurant Tom Hunt worked at as a server temporarily shut down during the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided it was the right time to pursue his longtime desire of becoming a real estate agent. At the close of 2019, the National Association of Realtors had 1.4 million members.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

Per a recent Redfin study , 65% of home offers written by company agents in June faced competition, down from a rate of 72.1% million homes, according to the National Association of Realtors. metropolitan areas in this analysis, with 87% of offers written by Redfin agents facing competition in June. in May and a peak of 74.1%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2021

The typical luxury home that was for sale during the first quarter spent 61 days on the market — 38 fewer days than the same period in 2020. drop in the number of homes in contract from the prior month, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors. When looking at the largest markets in the U.S., from a year earlier.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The demand for real estate has grown to a frenzy in some areas of the country over the last year and succeeding in those competitive markets requires skill, experience and finding innovative ways to get deals done. That’s why we’ve invited Xio Sandoval, a top Century 21 Realtor, to speak at our Spring Summit on March 4.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2021

According to the Knoxville Area Association of Realtors , the number of houses for sale in 2020 was down 47.5% How 2020 is still shaping the way lenders use data. HousingWire reported back in March that lumber prices alone more than quadrupled since April 2020, to an astonishing $1,500 per thousand board feet.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Rookies that pursued a career as mortgage loan originators in 2020 air dropped into a scintillating real estate market. Rookie LOs in 2020 could ride the refi wave and rack up a hefty monthly paycheck without Herculean effort. . This content is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Utah-based software developer offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to connect lenders with borrowers and real estate agents. Our vision is to hone the entire home buying journey from the borrower’s first contact with a Realtor to the closing table and beyond,” Schreiner said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2021

After a review of Atlanta area property records, it would appear Kim Klir is the most successful real estate agent in world history. Of those sales, Klir was the listing agent for 1,213 of the 1,613 deals, according to FMLS data.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

HomeServices first filed its motion to compel arbitration in March 2020, less than a year after the lawsuit was originally filed. Under Missouri state law, HomeServices of America would have needed to have been named as a third-party beneficiary on the client contracts.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

” Meanwhile, Windsor Mortgage , which started in the wholesale space in 2020, “do like the state DPA products” and is “coming out with a DSCR [debt-service coverage ratio] ,” Boyd said. The lender, based in South Dakota, offers conventional, FHA and VA loan products, as well as bridge loans.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

This advertising strategy, among a handful of others, has helped the LO connect with Russian-speaking Realtors and win the business of borrowers from former Soviet countries. “I Borrowers have called me from seeing my advertising in the stores and a couple of Realtors, too.”. trillion in 2021. Finding business the traditional way.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Newly released data from the annual profile of home buyers and sellers by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows just how dramatically this trend has manifested since the financial crisis of 2008. Elevated mortgage rates, sky-high home prices, tight credit and stagnant wages have all contributed to homebuyers getting older.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

In 2020, approximately 20% of all Americans moved — and Arizona was the seventh most-popular destination of those movers. The proof is in the home prices, which have shot up in Arizona since the beginning of 2020. Listing prices hit an average of $725,000 in September 2020 — the highest in more than two years. Census report.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2022

The unemployment rate is now just marginally higher than its February 2020 level of 3.5%. ” Cracking the code on marketing to the realtor channel. The real estate sector gained a total of 14,000 jobs in March with real estate gained 6,300 jobs and rental and leasing services gaining 7,400 jobs.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

To get a sense for what the mood is among real estate agents right now, look no further than Portland , Oregon. From March 2020 to July 2022, the median home price rose 23% before hitting a brief lull. But a year later, it was up by 32% compared to March 2020, according to data from Altos Research.

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

Brokerages know that the recruitment of real estate agents and teams is always competitive, and some have found it even more so in the wake of the National Association of Realtors ’ settlement that’s prompted agents to reevaluate their businesses. But SERHANT. Even before the show, SERHANT.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

The firm added the following teams to its roster in May: Inhabit Real Estate, led by Eric Hagstette, is an independent brokerage with 30 agents that serves the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area and southwest Washington state. Its has closed $720 million in home sales since 2020.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2021

For as long as Jim Pullin has been a realtor in Seattle, the Pacific Northwest city has always been a popular moving destination. But the past three years — and 2020, specifically — have been something else. cities determined that Seattle is the top market for real estate agents to currently work in.

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