“NAR threw 81 of their largest firms under the bus,” Steve Murray, the co-founder of RealTrends Consulting, said. “Those firms represent roughly 500,000 of their members, or a third of their membership,... Read more »
Let’s face it: joint ventures (JVs) and affiliated business arrangements (ABAs) are all the rage in the residential real estate space right now. And why not? In times of depressed revenue, it... Read more »
With market uncertainty, real estate agents had been sticking with their current brokerage., but that’s all starting to change. While inventory is still low, professionals are seeing light at the end of... Read more »
If you are thinking of becoming a real estate agent or broker, you might be wondering how they make money. Real estate professionals work on commission, which means they get paid a... Read more »
The Pennsylvania copycat commission lawsuit has some new defendants and a new plaintiff. In an amended complaint filed on Friday, home sellers Danielle and Jessie Kay (who sold a house in Baden,... Read more »
Nevada’s unusual commission lawsuit is no longer so unusual. When the copycat commission suit was initially filed in early January by Nevada home seller Nathaniel Whaley, the complaint named just Realtor associations... Read more »
The wave of antitrust lawsuits targeting residential players big and small in markets across the country has landed in Los Angeles. The latest case, filed yesterday in California’s Central District Court, names... Read more »
Northern California’s copycat commission lawsuit, known as Grace after its lead plaintiffs, has gained five additional defendants. In an amended complaint filed on Friday, the plaintiffs’ counsel named Vanguard Properties, Twin Oaks... Read more »
There is no question that the headline of the year in 2023 for many publicly traded brokerages was the commission lawsuits. But in 2024, industry analysts believe mortgage rates will be the... Read more »
An amended complaint in the Phillips copycat commission lawsuit filed on Wednesday in northern Georgia names a slew of additional defendants, as well as three new plaintiffs. Originally filed in late November,... Read more »