Materials include a guidebook on the post-settlement landscape, publicly available training sessions and more ahead of Aug. 17 deadline
Opinion
With all the commission confusion as we near the Aug. 17 implementation deadline, compliance expert Summer Goralik is here to answer your burning questions, starting with concessions
The plaintiffs protest 'compulsory' Realtor membership to access the MLS after the removal of 'the guaranteed broker commission' from the MLS
More agents are joining the National Association of Realtors ahead of the approaching Aug. 17 deadline for Realtors and MLSs to implement policy changes
Consumer guides from the trade group offer a contrast to previous messaging, but also continue to promote pre-emptive offers of compensation to buyer agents
Hawkins had been working as the CEO of the Pacific West Association of Realtors in Southern California and will now lead CAR during a challenging time for the industry
The Consumer Federation of America also tells consumers not to agree to pay an agent just to see a home, but to sign a touring agreement with no financial obligation instead
Last week, the brightest minds in real estate converged at Inman Connect to set agents, brokers and MLS members straight on the finer points of the new rules taking effect in less than 2 weeks
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is distributing $12M in payments to customers caught in a real estate house-flipping scheme operated by Zurixx, LLC and promoted by a lineup of celebrities
Redfin's latest report revealed the average buyer's agent's commission percentage has declined in 47 of the 50 largest markets since NAR's March settlement
Robert Reffkin said clear cooperation forces homeowners into a system that attaches 'negative insights' to listings, and predicted the polarizing anti-pocket listing rule is ultimately doomed
Compass brought in $1.7B in revenue between April and June, and managed to add thousands of real estate agents to its ranks, according to Q2 earnings released Wednesday
'I hope — at the end of the day, at the end of the 2-year term — to be able to look back and say there was some stability and calm,' Sears told hundreds of ICLV attendees, many of them NAR members
Luxury homebuyers are used to paying big bucks for quality service. That's partly why panelists at Luxury Connect think the NAR settlement won't make a huge splash in the higher price points
California Regional MLS will continue to allow agents to indicate whether sellers will consider concessions but will no longer have the option to specify a dollar amount or percentage