It's going to be tough on the newer agents going forward. The commission lawsuit stuff isn't the big concern. Sales are likely to keep dropping, and at the same time the better agents are picking up market share. There aren't enough sales to go around for every...
I love this new change - the sellers get to choose whether or not they get to receive love letters from buyers with their offers. Buyers should be given every chance to compete for the win, and submitting an introductory letter with photos of the kids and dog is a...
The California Association of Realtors had to re-write a few of their new forms in order to comply with the DOJ critique. These revised forms get released tomorrow, and they will probably help chart the final path for buyer-agents. There are two noteworthy points in...
The other real estate reality shows are so full of drama that they are barely watchable. While they do pack some drama into Ryan's new show, Owning Manhattan on Netflix, they mix in a few examples of him doing a masterful job of negotiating between agents and...
Hat tip to Carl Streicher, mortgage broker, for sending over this handy chart on allowable concessions, also known as seller contributions. This is how the buyer-agent commission can be included as a part buyer's mortgage package, even if the seller didn't sign the...
This business used to be civil. It was probably obvious that the contracts were drawn up by the realtor attorneys to protect realtors, but there were adequate protections for buyers and sellers too. This commission lawsuit has changed everything, and now they only...
Due to expected scrutiny from the DOJ, the California Association of Realtors has abandoned buyers, and the buyer-agents. If a listing agent wants to include paying an incentive to buyer-agents, not only do they have to convince a seller that it's a good idea, but...
We know that the current DOJ wants to de-couple commissions, and have buyers pay for their own help. How does Team Trump feel about real estate commissions? I checked with Project 2025: Project 2025 proposes significant changes to the traditional real estate...
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Our president of the western United States was at our regional sales meeting on Friday. At the end, he announced that Compass has joined with all of the other brokerages who were identified in the NAR settlement as having over $2 billion in sales volume - a group that...
