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Feds seek to enlist real estate agents in anti-corruption push

Housing Wire

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network , or FinCEN, is floating a proposed anti-money laundering rule that could impose reporting mandates on a broad swath of professionals in the residential real estate market, including real estate agents, brokers, attorneys, title insurance companies and settlement agents.

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The past, present and future of real estate commissions

Housing Wire

The following Q&A comes from the HW+ exclusive Slack channel, where HousingWire Senior Real Estate Reporter Matthew Blake answered questions about his three-part HW+ series on the past , present , and future of real estate commissions. I didn’t know about this history.

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The future of U.S. real estate commissions

Housing Wire

Part one explained the history of sales commissions , and the labor market for real estate agents. Part two dove into legal challenges of the present commission system, and the industry’s defense of commissions at the present level of 5% a home sale. You know what’s annoying? Already a member?

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Yes, real estate agents need to protect trademark rights in your brand

Housing Wire

A federal trademark registration provides legal protection for you in many ways, including: First, when you apply for federal trademark registration, you will usually want to conduct a search for prior conflicting marks before you apply. Without a federal trademark registration, you’ll have little to no legal recourse.

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What is a real estate broker vs. an agent? We explain the key differences

Housing Wire

To answer that, we’ll take a deep dive into the differences between the many types of real estate professionals, including a real estate agent and a real estate broker. Summary What is a real estate agent? What does a real estate agent do? Let’s dive in!

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Real estate agents prepare for their own Olympics — the navigation of business practice changes

Housing Wire

While learning the forms has been an integral part of many brokerages’ training efforts, agents say the role-playing exercises they have engaged in to practice buyer and seller presentations, along with answering buyer and seller questions, have been valuable.

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Your listing, your lead: The principle driving Home.com’s agent-friendly portal

Housing Wire

At the new Homes.com , we always present the listing agent and only the listing agent on any home for sale on our site. Our philosophy is that the leads on an agent’s listings are theirs and clearly not anyone else’s to pilfer and sell. The most important asset an agent has is their reputation.

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