Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In that case, they can refer that individual to an agent in exchange for a portion of the commission. Consider this scenario: A homebuyer clicks to connect with a Realtor through Zillow. Agents are incentivized to refer clients to the highest bidder rather than acting purely in the consumer’s best interest.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Hive MLS will release new tools and features to 18 MLS and 19,000 Realtor association members in North Carolina , South Carolina and Georgia. Hive MLS compares its platform to a bee hive, where worker bees — referring to agents — work together to gather resources and keep the hive, or the housing market, alive.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

PRO TIP You may see the terms “real estate agent” and “Realtor” used interchangeably. While a Realtor is indeed an agent, the term doesn’t work both ways. To be a Realtor, an agent must be a member of the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). How do real estate agents get paid?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Forecasting another purchase market in 2023, Nguyen started using his proprietary software for something new – to pursue relationships with realtors. “I I never had to work with realtors, but now I spend a lot of time working with realtors – supporting them and partnering with them,” Nguyen said in an interview with HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2024

The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) board of directors voted to leave member dues unchanged in 2025. The vote occurred Thursday during the final day of NAR’s midyear conference, the Realtors Legislative Meetings, according to Inman , which first reported the story. represent themselves 2. represent themselves 2.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Like the other commission lawsuits, the Umpa suit alleges that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and more than a dozen other real estate industry firms have colluded to artificially inflate agent commissions. In the Umpa suit — which is seeking class-action status for everyone in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2021

Nonprofits like HomeFree-USA also have a network of realtors, lenders, home inspectors and title companies that they work with on a regular basis, offering clients like Davis, who are seeking further assistance or advice, options for the resources and support they may need.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

Suspicious real estate agents and rival brokerage heads in California will worry that the deal could funnel general information about California home sales to Compass thanks to a recent partnership Glide announced with the California Association of Realtors.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

Dahlhausen added that working as a loan officer is an opportunity for real estate agents to ”control the transaction” and ”ensure that the client is being taken care of” while increasing their compensation. Working as both an LO and agent was a way to better serve his clients, he said. For example, Realfinity pays LOs 1.4%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In their filing, the plaintiffs highlight HomeServices’ franchise agreements, training videos, as well as the now infamous Allan Dalton video, as evidence of HomeServices enforcing the National Association of Realtors’ Clear Cooperation policy.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

Lamacchia highlights his ability to educate viewers through his relationships with Fox affiliates as a means to attract valuable attention from clients. “We He refers to the scaling efforts as “invading” through a campaign of billboards, postcards, TV ads and other methods to recruit new agents and gather leads.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Real estate agents largely felt prepared to tackle the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement , according to the recently published Stephens Summer 2024 Real Estate Agent Survey. But this is down from roughly 66% in Stephens’ first quarterly survey.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

In the newest episode of the RealTrending podcast , host Tracey Velt chats with Ryan Michaelis, chief growth strategist at Worth Clark Realty , about business growth through recruitment, flat-fee models for agents and the effects of the National Association of Realtors ’ (NAR) settlement on buyers and sellers across the industry.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

More than a few observers have referred to us as a mom-and-pop industry because it’s comprised of a significant number of small agencies. Client demand may also play a major role in getting tech-hesitant title business owners off the fence. In fact, many title agents will proudly tell you that ours is a “traditional” industry.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The National Association of Realtors , Keller Williams and HomeServices of America , have asked judge Andrea Wood to rule on the suit based on the evidence that has been presented during the discovery period of the proceedings. After almost five years of litigation, it is clear that Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Caballero is like any real estate listing agent, on the hunt for clients. But instead of individual homesellers his clients are homebuilding companies including Toll Brothers , Trophy Signature Homes , and Historymaker Homes. What builders don’t need is a realtor to list their homes in a traditional way. I never go to a closing.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

million ( Anywhere ) and $55 million ( RE/MAX ) payouts, both settlements contained nearly identical terms, including provisions to no longer require agents to be members of the National Association of Realtors or follow NAR’s Code of Ethics or the MLS Handbook. In addition to the already publicized $83.5 In the Sept.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals’ three-judge panel concurred with a lower district court’s decision that HomeServices is not permitted to enforce arbitration agreements signed by seller clients of franchisees under its authority. billion in commissions they paid to buyers’ agents in the past eight years.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

After filing a motion for a mistrial Wednesday morning, citing several grievances including “vulgar” footage from a Tom Ferry podcast featuring Allan Dalton and references to the Department of Justice’s investigation of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), defendant HomeServices of America learned it didn’t get its way.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

The association notes in the draft of its proposed brief that its interest in the “proposed settlement stems from the fact, as DOJ highlights, that “several pending cases” are adjudicating MLSs’ adoption of the mandatory-compensation rule of the National Association of Realtors or similar policies.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

The Bay City Realtor Association reported that 222 homes have already been sold in 2021 – a 7.9% “People come here and they see our prices, and their eyes become saucers,” said Barb Appold, a realtor for Berkshire Hathaway Home Services MI Real Estate. Incredibly, that median listing price of $92,000 is up 15.8%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The National Association of Realtors , whose Participation Rule lies at the center of the this and other lawsuits, used its opening remarks to note that the rule has been around for 25 years and has been clearly published on NAR’s website.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

“In the past, we’ve always been dependent upon the real estate brokerage community, referring us to deals as loan officers,” Watanasuparp said. But in today’s marketplace with technology, we actually have the ability to get in front of the customer first, incubate the leads, and then give it back to the Realtors.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Paperback Audiobook Best books to improve Realtors communication skills 7 Levels of Communication by Michael J. Attracting clients vs. chasing clients. Michigan agent Jolie Kehoe Abreu agrees, The One Thing has resonated with me since originally reading it, and I re-read and reference it multiple times throughout the year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

“I told my client, my friends, ‘Look, I know you’re supposed to close in 10 days but we’re closing Friday and you let everybody know it or you may not close,’” Dodson said. Realtors need to be your ally.”. Dodson said he had a client who recently made a $1.8 In this case, the banker referred him to us.”.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Nguyen plans on utilizing his proprietary platform to partner with Realtors after his refi-dependent sale volume dropped to a staggering 20% this year. We have subscriptions that go out to Realtors weekly,” Nguyen said. Out of the 27,000 transactions, we have about 8,000 Realtors that closed transactions with us.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I know the one-stop-shop thing is cliché, but if you do it right, that can be a major benefit not only to the Realtor and the title company as ancillary income, but to the consumer who it is benefiting from efficiencies and better pricing through economies of scale,” LaRosa said. But the joint venture model may soon be on the way out. “To

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

One of the first questions new Realtors have for me is always 'how much money will I make in my first year?' How much commissions you make in your first year as a Realtor will be entirely dependent on you and how much business you're able to generate. What is the average price of sold homes in your area?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

With its potential to reach new clients and gain tremendous ROI, social media has become one of the most effective marketing tools for businesses big and small. Just sold stories If your clients are willing to be featured on your socials, celebrate their sale.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

New findings from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) show a fresh picture of who’s buying and selling homes, with more first-time buyers entering the market and families looking for homes that fit multiple generations. Ideal for realtors looking for functionality without a big price tag.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This inventory advantage includes not only our active inventory, but also potential inventory from our Make Me Sell program, which allows clients of Compass agents to provide an aspirational sales price for their home in our CRM.” Not surprisingly, Reffkin has become a vocal critic of CCP and is calling for NAR to repeal the rule.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

But these listing-only agents are still having to adjust their practices to conform with the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement that goes into effect on Saturday. “We He sees his role in the transaction as simply ensuring the seller stays in compliance with laws and regulations.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2022

I believe being able to expand outside of your city would allow real estate agents to better serve their clients. This would also allow agents to operate in other neighborhoods and cities. Especially with today’s market experiencing such low inventory, I believe this could be really beneficial.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

“For things like homeowner’s insurance , title insurance, and realtors, we’ve now just become a marketplace. When asked how relevant this business will be, Garg refers to Amazon , a company that drives two-thirds of its sales from third-party sellers. “We But more recently, we have partnered with Realtors.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Real estate license reciprocity means an agent or broker’s ability to get licensed and operate or practice in a new state, whereas real estate license portability refers to an agent or broker’s ability to conduct a single transaction across state lines. What is real estate license portability? Consider this more of a short-term solution.

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

Research market data Your work begins once you and your client have set an appointment to meet. You may also want to research the client on social media to understand their needs and circumstances. Pro tip: Listen twice as much as you speak to understand your client’s needs. What is their family size?

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