These soft skills have never been more critical in light of the National Association of Realtors’ commission suit settlement and subsequent rule changes, OJO Labs CEO Chris Heller writes
The easiest way to stay on the right side of the current legal and regulatory changes is to subscribe to them in both letter and spirit, team leader Carl Medford writes
Opinion
The new commission rules are confusing. Compliance expert Summer Goralik unpacks how these new rules promote consumer transparency
While most reported normal activity in the weeks after the commission rules took effect, some saw an uptick in listing clients refusing to pay buyers' fees, new Inman Intel Index results show
Updates to presentation templates and the ability to include offered buyer-broker commissions as a percent or dollar are among the buyer-focused tools touted by the company on Wednesday
Opinion
Selling real estate under the new commission rules is like playing Red Light, Green Light on a tightrope, bicoastal agent Cara Ameer writes. Here’s how her business has been since the change
Opinion
Anthony Lamacchia said threats of severe penalties for commission violations leveled by plaintiffs lawyer Michael Ketchmark and Consumer Advocates in American Real Estate are 'unnecessary'
In a new report, University of Buffalo contracts law professor Tanya Monestier details ways in which contracts allow buyer agents to collect more compensation than agreed-to with the buyer
Opinion
With confusion around the new commission rules, compliance expert Summer Goralik unpacks whether listing agents should verify signed buyer-broker agreements before showing a property
The Florida-based brokerage's buyer-focused marketing and educational resources are made for agents in need of assistance as they pitch buyer representation services, executives told Inman
Everyone — from Michael Ketchmark to the consumer advocates behind Moehrl — is letting agents know that they're under scrutiny as they implement the new rules
We wanted to know what jitters, hiccups and horror stories you encountered (if any) as buyer agreements and MLS-based commission offers changed. Here's what you said
In addition to an AI-based home search, the application will not charge a commission for its use by a homebuyer, and includes human intervention and suport by a licensed sales professional
As the industry grapples with best practices on how to deliver and execute new settlement-required buyer agency forms, one independent has already made it part of its in-house software
Images that conceal commission offers, like a '3%' mowed into freshly cut grass, have become a phenomenon on message boards and online residential listings, according to an Inman analysis