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Are the legal risks of private listing networks real?

Housing Wire

And while most of the talking points espoused on both sides of the debate remain fairly consistent, those who are in favor of the policy have recently started to claim that an agent who doesnt list their sellers properties on the MLS may be exposing themselves to legal liability. Restraint on trade?

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Is Alabama’s buyer representation bill a legal protection or liability?

Housing Wire

We havent noticed too much of a change in operating procedure, at least with the agents at our firm, said Ellison, the qualifying broker at ARC Realty. Further up the East Coast in Massachusetts , Anthony Lamacchia spent months training his agents on these agreements. Buyers dont really seem to care, Lamacchia said.

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Housing Rights Initiative files massive discrimination case in Illinois

Housing Wire

According to HRI’s announcement, the organization trained and deployed a group of undercover investigators over the past year who posed as prospective tenants looking to use Section 8 vouchers. HRI found that voucher holders were explicitly discriminated against roughly 36% of the time.

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Homebuyer sues eXp, accusing agent of breaching fiduciary duty

Housing Wire

Michael Ammann is back with another lawsuit against eXp Realty and parent company eXp World Holdings. Featherston, eXp World Holdings and eXp Realty are accused of negligent misrepresentation, and all of the defendants except Featherston are accused of negligence and gross negligence.

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Big-name brokerages among those accused of income-based discrimination in California

Housing Wire

The defendants include some of the most prominent real estate companies in the nation — Coldwell Banker , eXp Realty , Sotheby’s International Realty and RE/MAX. A total of 112 complaints targeting 203 defendants were filed en masse with the state of California’s Civil Rights Department, HRI announced Tuesday.

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Marc King out, Mark Willis in at KW

Housing Wire

According to the annoucment, King, who has been with Keller Williams since 2001, will continue as a training and coaching leader for Keller Williams’ Franchise Systems Orientation and will continue his work updating the Team Leader and Keller Williams experiences.

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

Housing Wire

have been busy training and preparing to be ready for Aug. In only a matter of weeks, real estate professionals nationwide will find out whether their training has paid off. VantHof has spent several months training to prepare for the business practice changes. Like the athletes in Paris, Realtors and brokers across the U.S.