Robert the big boss was in town yesterday. He is committed to changing or ending the Clear Cooperation Policy, which is a controversial stance. The CCP makes in mandatory that every agent upload a listing onto the MLS within one business day after any public marketing...
Last week I received a call from the Compass Chief of Staff to President of Growth & Communications. His job was to notify all of the Compass agents who published something about our new program that took the same name as the now-defunct program at Zillow. Does...
In what might be the biggest news of the year for us, daughter Kayla has joined the Compass family in New York City! Because she still has her California real estate license, she has also joined us at the Klinge Realty Group, making KRG bi-coastal! A few other agents...
In the week BEFORE the new rules went into effect, there were 29 NSDCC listings that were marked pending. In the first week AFTER the new rules went into effect, there were 38 new pendings. Homes keep selling. Buyers and sellers keep moving, and Realtors keep helping....
This is a Compass listing now and it made the Robb Report: https://robbreport.com/shelter/homes-for-sale/encinitas-most-expensive-listing-for-sale-1235806433/ A newly built bluff-top home in Southern California has come along to claim the title of Encinitas‘s most...
We were on a call yesterday with our referral network of Compass agents around the country, and Gregg in the DMV (D.C., Maryland, and Virginia) said they have been required to use the buyer-broker agreements for the last twenty years. Great - a test case. How has it...
I got an update on the group of brokerages who have hired the same law firm to go after the National Association of Realtors. If they intend to disrupt the August 17th changes, they better get on it! But they are going let that go, and instead they will be pursuing...
This is the #1 reason I went to Compass, and I didn't really feel like I had a choice. When realtors get disrupted, this is the way the big brokerages can survive while the little guys die. Hoard the listings in-house as 'private exclusives', like they do in the...
Nobody was overcharged, but the media will feed the hysteria for another week or two with baseless claims and lies just to attract more eyeballs! Meanwhile, buyers are hurrying up their quest to buy a home before they have to pay their agent's commission! Hat tip to...
The general market conditions have appeared relatively healthy over the last few years, but the above demonstrate why brokerages - especially those operating on thin margins - have been feeling the pain. Volume has dropped considerably between 2021 and 2023: Top Five...
