Idaho broker and Trump supporter Mark Fitzgerald is offering to sell "liberal" homeowners' homes for free ahead of the election. Is he breaking Fair Housing rules?
The Opportunity Report calls for NAR to regain the trust of its members by making political advocacy its central mission, sunsetting the three-way agreement and reforming its governance.
Maurice Muhammad alleges a "monopoly" by NAR, the state Realtor association and the local MLS limits competition, inflates prices, and disproportionately affects minority brokers and agents.
In a webinar Tuesday, Keller Williams' Jeff Hickey, NextHome's James Dwiggins, Miami MLS's Liz Sturrock and Seven Gables' Mike Hickman clashed over the future of NAR's pocket listing rule.
In an analysis of more than 20 forms from various states, coach Darryl Davis identified a disturbing pattern: identical clauses between competing entities that suggest a dangerous level of collusion.
The flat-fee brokerage dismissed its antitrust case against the MLS but kept as defendants Keller Williams, the National Association of Realtors, Anywhere, HomeServices of America and RE/MAX.
The Park City Board of Realtors informed the National Association of Realtors it would no longer require agents to comply with the pocket listing rule due to fear of litigation.
The American Real Estate Association is looking for those "fined or otherwise harmed" by the National Association of Realtors' pocket listing rule and are interested in "collective action.'
The trade group's petition leans heavily on the government's promise to close investigations into the Clear Cooperation Policy and the Participation Rule.
Eales said the U.S. model of cooperation remains the gold standard — but declined to take a stance on NAR's policy. "Beware what you wish for," he said on Wednesday at Inman Connect Austin.
With the right mindset and strategies, coach Verl Workman writes, you can avoid the common pitfalls that defeat other real estate agents.
The inquiry is reminiscent of investigations and lawsuits that have engulfed the industry’s biggest players in the U.S. in recent years, and it includes a review of multiple policies that are similar to those under scrutiny in the U.S.