If passed into law, the bill would end the seven-member body that oversees licensing and disciplinary matters for 320,000 real estate professionals. Florida Realtors and other groups slammed the plan.
Firm joins fellow defendants Hanna Holdings and Berkshire Hathaway Energy in arguing that Judge Stephen R. Bough's Missouri court is not the appropriate venue for the commission case.
Zillow's move to prohibit certain listings from its portal "signals a major tech platform is willing to challenge the old brokerage cartel," according to Consumer Advocates in American Real Estate.
Recruiting and retention outweigh interest rates, regulation and other obstacles as top business challenges brokers face now, according to the latest results from the Inman Intel Index survey.
Bough suggested demands that he step aside in the Gibson commission case were not raised over ethical issues. The demands focused on political donations to Bough's wife.
Meanwhile, EXIT Realty reaches a proposed settlement with the homeseller plaintiffs in the case.
Both BHE and Howard Hanna are trying to get the case moved to their respective stomping grounds while also continuing to fight for Judge Stephen R. Bough's recusal.
The Clear Cooperation Policy must be revised so that homeowners are not forced into participation, coach Darryl Davis writes, giving them the right to opt out without penalties or limitations.
When you do not trust your leadership to support you or to do the right thing, broker Erica Ramus writes, it's time to reevaluate your team or brokerage.
Current practice changes are pushing us toward a less transparent market, compliance expert Summer Goralik writes. That's bad business for both clients and real estate professionals.
NextHome CEO James Dwiggins looks at the latest changes to Clear Cooperation and offers predictions for how they'll impact the wider real estate market.
U.S. District Judge Patti Saris asked the DOJ Antitrust Division for evidence that offers of compensation in the MLS are anticompetitive and harm consumers.