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‘Real Estate Insiders’ discuss commission sharing risks and alternate practices

Housing Wire

Co-hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson urge agents to stop sharing commissions and discuss ways that listing agents can put their seller’s needs first while avoiding legal trouble and creating an excellent experience for their clients in an uncertain market. We put their interests above our own and we advise them,” Robinson added.

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A Contract is Born

The Appraiser Coach

What makes a contract a contract? Is it the legal prose, the professional typesetting, or the date across the top? I’m no lawyer, but my mentor once told me that. Read More.

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Zillow tries to swat away REX anti-trust lawsuit

Housing Wire

REX replied to the legal filing in a company statement Monday. Late last year, the Rich Barton-led firm began entering into contracts with Multiple Listings Services – most of which are owned by the NAR – and receiving those MLS’s Internet data display, or IDX feeds.

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Why the US MLS system is the envy of other countries

Housing Wire

Solicitors are legally required when purchasing a home in Ireland.). They also had to pay for the brokerage sign outside their home, newspaper advertising, online ads and the brochures for potential buyers. Not to mention all the other financial, legal and community details real estate agents help consumers understand.

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Better faces $1.86M suit for breaching ad placement agreements 

Housing Wire

million suit for breaching advertising placement agreements with digital and print publisher Meredith Operations Corporation. Digital mortgage lender Better Home & Finance faces a $1.86

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Anywhere faces racketeering charges in Minnesota lawsuit

Housing Wire

Despite having long ago settled the commission lawsuits , legal challenges continue to mount for real estate industry giant Anywhere. The lawsuit, which alleges claims of false advertising, was filed in a U.S. district court in Minnesota by plaintiffs Michael and Lauren Campoli.

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’Where the rubber meets the road’: New Hampshire brokers reflect on the NAR settlement

Housing Wire

“Everyone is adapting and coming up with business models and trying to settle in, and I think we are going to know a lot more about how this is going to really work a year from now,” said Matt Johnson, NHAR’s legal counsel. “So, If you want to go any further, then we’ll have to enter into a contract.”

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