Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Real estate giant Zillow came out victorious in its years-long legal battle with discount brokerage REX Real Estate. In mid-May 2022, REX ceased its brokerage operations. In a verdict announced late Friday afternoon, a jury in a U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

During their testimony, the home seller plaintiffs and their lead attorney Michael Ketchmark argued that despite the defendants having antitrust rules and regulations in place, the trade group and corporate brokerages knowingly violated their own rules in order to maintain high commission rates.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 28, 2024

Legal counsel for NAR approved the agreement in early March. But a new study recently released by AccountTECH, an accounting software provider for the real estate industry, shows that virtually all brokerages across the U.S. If that number rises to 2.5%, 60% of brokerages become unprofitable.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

But all of that changed on Thursday, when Whaley’s counsel filed an amended complaint naming 15 brokerages as defendants. The Brokerage Defendants also serve an essential role in the conspiracy by executing the conspiracy’s objectives on the ground,” the complaint states. “In

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

For many real estate brokerages and roughly 1 million Realtors, the nationwide settlement agreement that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) negotiated due to the ongoing commission lawsuits marks the end of their cooperative compensation litigation concerns, at least for the time being. billion ), Douglas Elliman ($42.8

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

But as many as 200 real estate agents , brokerage firms and landlords are alleged to have violated this law by discriminating against applicants with federally subsidized Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, according to an undercover investigation conducted by the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The brokerages and non-Realtor-owned MLSs that decided to opt in to the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement can breathe a sigh of relief. Through Bough’s approval, the MLSs and brokerages that opted in to NAR’s settlement have been added to the larger case. As expected, Judge Stephen R.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

While this lawsuit is certainly not the only one making collusion allegations against many of the large national brokerages, it has one of the more robust lists of local brokerages as defendants. AF Realty Group is the smallest of the new defendants with just 15 agents, according to the complaint.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

Fast-growing, publicly traded The Real Brokerage announced Monday that it had reached a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in the Umpa commission lawsuit. The brokerage will pay $9.25 The Real Brokerage closed $14.4 The Umpa suit is the only commission lawsuit in which Real has been named as a defendant.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Photo Credit: AJ Canaria) Between inflation , an uncertain interest rate environment and legal challenges , the real estate industry is facing unprecedented challenges. In fact, the sweet spot for acquisitions over the next couple of years is going to be the small one-office brokerage firms.” My advice is to start simple.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

But when it comes to the financial performance of their brokerages, industry analysts don’t believe the changes will be the end-all, be-all. “It But an advantage could potentially be given to brokerages that put concerted effort into helping their agents be more efficient and productive. 17 — are top of mind. Tomasello asked. ”In

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

Hill — have taken legal action against the real estate brokerage by filing three separate class-action lawsuits, Inman first reported on Tuesday. It stated that associates who joined the brokerage on or after April 1, 2020, and subsequently jumped to a competitor would lose their revenues from the company’s lifelong revenue program.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

Dallas-based United Real Estate has joined the cohort of brokerage defendants who have settled the commission lawsuits. The brokerage said it has also agreed to adhere to certain business practice changes, which are not being disclosed at this time. As part of the settlement, United will pay $3.7 million into a settlement fund.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2024

In addition to RE/MAX, Anywhere and Keller Williams, NAR, Douglas Elliman , Realty One Group , At World Properties, Compass , HomeServices of America and The Real Brokerage, have also reached settlement agreements. As part of their settlement agreements, Anywhere, RE/MAX and Keller Williams have agreed to pay $83.5 26, 2024.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

You have to follow the law, but if it’s legal, you can do it,” Pfaff said. “We While no legal statute presently outlaws these practices, the MLSs might be engaging in a game of chicken with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the law firms that have won or settled commission lawsuits against NAR and several major brokerages.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Much to the relief of some of the nation’s largest brokerage firms, Judge Stephen R. million) , The Real Brokerage ($9.25 Similarly, The Real Brokerage settled with the Umpa plaintiffs in early April, prior to the consolidation. The Gibson defendants that now have final approval of their settlements are Compass ($57.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Brokerages are scrambling to adapt to the post-settlement landscape of real estate, and more of them are turning to the same method for growing their headcount — acquiring new teams. The addition of teams is an efficient way for major brokerages to bolster agent counts and boost sales volumes on their income statements.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The Masiello copycat commission lawsuit plaintiff and Realty ONE Group Arizona have filed a joint motion to dismiss the brokerage defendant from the suit with prejudice. The motion was filed on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix. and Tierra Antigua Realty.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2024

The motions filed by Compass , eXp World Holdings , Redfin , Weichert Realtors and United Real Estate claim that the homebuyer plaintiffs are simply trying “to parrot the allegations they made in an amended complaint,” which was filed in the Batton 1 suit that consists of the same plaintiffs but a different group of brokerage defendants.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

Many brokerage firms are trepidatiously moving to a model with no cooperative compensation in light of the impending business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement. Peter Voss at 3% Listing Co. is wondering what took them all so long to make the switch.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Jessica Edgerton , chief legal officer at LeadingRE , was also caught off guard by the timing of everything. “I It is going to go back to the way it was many, many years ago, when each brokerage had their own three-ring binder with their own listings in it,” Danzey said. “It It is really going to go backwards.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

It stated that associates who joined the brokerage on or after April 1, 2020, and subsequently jumped to a competitor would lose their revenues from the company’s lifelong revenue program. In February 2020, KW introduced a more restrictive policy to its profit-sharing program. An incentive to go back to Keller Williams remained.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2024

At the center of the appeal is Bough’s denial of the Burton suit plaintiffs’ motion to alter or amend the order granting final approval to the brokerage defendants’ settlement agreements. Cheatham, Robert Douglass, Douglas Fender and Dena Fender.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

The FDIC recognizes that technology now has a role in the brokerage firm services provided and can impact its value. The same institution also stated that it initiated or ordered appraisals when it added borrowers’ information into a lender’s software.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2023

In February 2022, UWM filed a lawsuit in Michigan federal court against AML, a high-volume brokerage firm based in Southern California, for breaching their amended wholesale broker agreement imposing the ultimatum. A spokesperson for UWM said the company does not “comment on legal matters that are currently pending.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The legal industry understands that they can make a lot of money because of the nature of real estate. Regardless, if we don’t handle the underlying economic issue of sick brokerage companies, the industry will eat itself from inside. Cofano: There’s some good things about it and there’s some questionable things.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

In the complaint, Homie claims that it is bringing this legal action to “recover the damages…suffered as an excluded competitor foreclosed by the Defendants’ conduct from effective competition in the relevant market.” For example, of the top 10 brokerages by closed sides in 2013, only three remain in the top 10 in 2023.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

In the past few weeks, seven agents formerly affiliated with Keller Williams — Jerri Moulder, David Bueker, Robert Hill, Kevin Ortiz, Edward Fordyce, Paul Davis, and Penny Alper — took legal action against the real estate brokerage by filing seven separate class-action lawsuits. An incentive to go back to Keller Williams remained.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

And some major brokerages have had loose conversations about taking legal action or joining a competing MLS. “It Agents said that REcolorado’s lack of communication has led to confusion among agents and brokerages. The brokerage added that it has concerns over provisions tied to ownership of the data.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

As he sees it, if a brokerage like Howard Hanna succeeds in having a case against them dismissed, they could potentially still publish offers of buyer broker compensation on the MLS, if the local MLS still allows it.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

HomeServices of America , the last remaining brokerage defendant in the landmark Sitzer/Burnett antitrust commission case , has agreed to pay $250 million in damages to settle lawsuits that will change agent compensation across America. The New York Times first reported the story.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

While the homebuyer commission lawsuits continue to be a thorn in the side of the real estate industry, three corporate brokerages have at least for now recorded a small win. Additionally, the brokerage defendants note that Mullis filed an appeal of the final approval of the firms’ settlement. On Wednesday, Chicago-based U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

In the past few weeks, 12 agents formerly affiliated with Keller Williams — Jerri Moulder, David Bueker, Robert Hill, Kevin Ortiz, Edward Fordyce, Paul Davis, Penny Alper, Jana and Dennis Caudill, Eric Mendoza, Jack Levine and John Exnicios — took legal action against the real estate brokerage by filing a host of class-action lawsuits.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

In the past few weeks, 11 agents formerly affiliated with Keller Williams — Jerri Moulder, David Bueker, Robert Hill, Kevin Ortiz, Edward Fordyce, Paul Davis, Penny Alper, Jana and Dennis Caudill, Eric Mendoza and Jack Levine — took legal action against the real estate brokerage by filing seven separate class-action lawsuits.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

million settlement with plaintiffs in two bombshell buyer commission lawsuits have been made public, and they stipulate that the brokerage conglomerate make significant changes to its practices. The terms of Anywhere Real Estate ‘s $83.5

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

This flimsy lawsuit is just the latest in a tidal wave of legal actions by a desperate Chopra hungry for headlines. Rocket Homes also repeatedly pressured real estate brokerages to hit a capture rate of 80%. The Jason Mitchell Group is also implicated in the alleged violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA).

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

His focus will be ”improving the agent experience in MoxiWorks and accelerating the development of a modern platform for agents and brokerages of all size, leveraging the power of AI,” the company stated in a news release. MoxiWorks won a HousingWire 2023 Tech100 Real Estate award.

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