Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

When the copycat commission suit was initially filed in early January by Nevada home seller Nathaniel Whaley, the complaint named just Realtor associations and MLSs as defendants, making it stand out from the spate of other commission suits.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

More home sellers on the East Coast are getting in on the commission lawsuit action. Similar to the other commission lawsuits, the latest two take aim at the National Association of Realtors’ Participation Rule, which requires the listing broker to make a blanket offer of compensation to the buyer’s broker to list the property on the MLS.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A second home seller in Nevada has filed a lawsuit alleging that real estate industry players in the state have colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. District Court in Las Vegas by Nevada home seller Angela Boykin. The copycat commission lawsuit was filed on Friday in U.S. 16, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A copycat commission lawsuit filed on Thursday by home sellers in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, accuses 47 real estate industry defendants of allegedly conspiring to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

District Court in Arizona, Joseph Masiello, an Arizona resident and home seller, accuses several real estate companies of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. According to the filing, Masiello was “required to pay a 2% commission ($8,200) to the seller broker and a 2.5%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It named UtahRealEstate.com , the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Anywhere Real Estate , Keller Williams Realty , HomeServices of America and RE/MAX as defendants. As a flat-fee brokerage, Homie charged sellers a flat fee to list their property on the MLS. Homie filed the suit in mid-August.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In a document filed on Monday, the counsel for the home seller plaintiff Joseph Masiello notified the federal court in Arizona that it was voluntarily dismissing defendant Walt Danley Local Luxury , an affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate , from the suit.

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Lamacchia Realty's Top Producing REALTORS® for October 2024! Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for October 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® company-wide and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month!

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Lamacchia Realty's Top Producing REALTORS® for September 2024! Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for September 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® company-wide and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

(Image generated by AI in Midjourney) It has been nearly two months since the nationwide implementation of the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ commission lawsuit settlement agreement. 17 deadline, much of the industry concern was over how home buyers and sellers would react.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

In the initial complaint , Whaley only named Realtor associations and MLSs as defendants. These organizations included the National Association of Realtors , Las Vegas Realtors , Nevada Realtors , Sierra Nevada Realty , Incline Village Realtors , Elko County Realtors , Mesquite Real Estate Association and Northern Nevada Regional MLS.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

Sparks and personal insults flew between Anthony Lamacchia , the broker-owner of Lamacchia Realty , and Michael Ketchmark, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the Sitzer-Burnett commission lawsuit , during their virtual debate hosted by HousingWire on Friday afternoon. It dehumanizes Realtors and turns us into money-making machines.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

There are just five days to go until the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , but the trade association is not out of the lawsuit woods just yet. In a lawsuit filed on Monday by Douglas Hardy, Glenn Champion and Dylan Tent in U.S.

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Lamacchia Realty

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Lamacchia Realty's Top Producing REALTORS® for August 2024! Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for August 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® company-wide and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month!

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Last week, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced a settlement agreement in the Sitzer Burnett case that would take effect in July. The settlement in no way establishes a standard or limitation on Realtors for what they may charge, nor services they elect to deliver. Here’s the truth. Here’s the truth.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 29, 2024

We are pleased to announce that Emerson Realtors out of Auburn, Massachusetts have joined forces with Lamacchia Realty. Emerson Realtors was co-founded by Kevin Maher, a fifth generation REALTOR® whose career spanned an impressive 45 years. I am truly looking forward to combining forces with Lamacchia Realty.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) partnered with Curbio earlier this year for its NAR Realtor Benefits program, which provides discounts to Realtors on a wide variety of goods and services. Curbio also has partnerships with HomeSmart , eXp Realty and RE/MAX Gold. NAR declined to comment on the situation.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 31, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for the Mid-Year 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® company-wide and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the first 6 months of the year! Nicole was honored with the 2023 Meghan A.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

The complaint names the National Association of Realtors , Las Vegas Realtors , Nevada Realtors , Sierra Nevada Realty , Incline Village Realtors , Elko County Realtors , Mesquite Real Estate Association and Northern Nevada Regional MLS as defendants. 15, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

While some in the real estate industry are expecting to see a decline in the number of buyer’s agents as a result of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , others have taken it a step further and are betting their companies on it. Meet the AI real estate agent.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

By enforcing this mandate, the NAR establishes an anticompetitive market where sellers are coerced into subsidizing the buyer’s costs. AF Realty Group is the smallest of the new defendants with just 15 agents, according to the complaint. This system, with its veiled surcharges, illegally warps the real estate market.”

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 7, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for May 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Cyndi thrives to make her buyers and sellers her top priority.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

In an amended complaint filed on Friday, the plaintiffs’ counsel named Vanguard Properties , Twin Oaks Real Estate , Windermere Real Estate Services Company , Rapisdara & Fox and Realty One Group , as additional defendants in the antitrust suit. 8, 2019, and the present.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

In an amended complaint filed on Friday, home sellers Danielle and Jessie Kay (who sold a house in Baden, Pennsylvania, in December 2021 with the help of an agent from Realty One Group Gold Standard ) were added as a plaintiff. The Pennsylvania copycat commission lawsuit has some new defendants and a new plaintiff.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

17, 2024 , has come and gone, and the real estate industry is still plugging along, despite the business practice changes mandated by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement now being implemented nationwide. The landmark date of Aug.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

District Court for the Western District of Missouri , the lawsuit is named after its lead plaintiff, Maryland home seller Daniel Umpa. According to the motion, at least some of the putative class members in the suit would be bound by their seller agreements to arbitrate claims, similar to HomeServices’ claims.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As a real estate reporter, it was not lost on me that the formal start of my house hunt would coincide almost perfectly with the real estate industry working through the nationwide implementation of the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement.

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Lamacchia Realty Officially Celebrates Springfield Grand Opening After joining forces with legacy brokerage Sears Real Estate, opening the Springfield branch office, and entering the Springfield market in April 2024 , Lamacchia Realty was thrilled to celebrate the official grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, October 19th, 2024!

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

While the lawsuit does name large corporate brokerage firms as defendants, including Keller Williams , Side , HomeServices of America , and Fathom Realty , the robust defendant list also includes real estate teams, such as The Loken Group and Hexagon Group , as well as an individual broker, Mark Anthony Dimas.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 11, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for June 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! June 2024 Winners of the Top 10 for the Company are: Michael Valencia , P.A.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 11, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for all of 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® out of the over 500 agents in Lamacchia Realty by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the year!

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Lamacchia Realty Has Acquired Stone Ridge Properties of Newburyport, MA and Amesbury, MA November 19, 2024 – Lamacchia Realty is proud to announce that they have acquired Stone Ridge Properties of Newburyport and Amesbury, Massachusetts. I realized that we first needed newer tools to better serve buyer and seller clients.

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Lisa Hayford Named the 2025 President-Elect of the Board of the North Shore REALTORS® Association October 18th, 2024 – Last night at the North Shore REALTORS® Association’s Annual Meeting, Awards, and Installation event, Lamacchia Realty’s own Lisa Hayford was named the President-Elect of the Board.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

For agents in New Hampshire , this week marks two months since PrimeMLS , the state’s multiple listing service , implemented the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement. It is a seller decision, not an agent decision.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As the real estate industry grappled with the fallout of the Sitzer/Burnett jury verdict and eventual settlement from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), a top concern was how changes to the agent commission structure would impact veteran homebuyers. Those are not the loan transactions that we continue to see some confusion around.

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for October 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Carolyn wants to help as many buyers and sellers achieve their goals as possible.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 7, 2024

Lamacchia Realty, Inc. has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for February 2024! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Cyndi thrives to make her buyers and sellers her top priority.

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