by | Jan 16, 2024 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
@properties | Christie’s International Real Estate—the largest residential real estate brokerage firm in Illinois and the eighth largest in the U.S.—is the latest in real estate to face a class action lawsuit involving commissions in the wake of Burnett vs. NAR. The...
by | Jan 15, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Only a couple weeks into 2024, there continue to be new twists and turns in the legal landscape for real estate...
by | Jan 12, 2024 | Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Two class-action lawsuits filed within the last month echo the Sitzer V. Burnett case decided in Kansas City in 2023, wherein a jury ruled on behalf of plaintiffs that the National Association of REALTORS®’ (NAR) buyer-broker commission rule constitutes a conspiracy...
by | Jan 11, 2024 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Interest rates will remain high for “some time,” according to recent comments made by New York Federal Reserve President John Williams. “I expect that we will need to maintain a restrictive stance of policy for some time to fully achieve our goals,” said Williams. “It...
by | Jan 10, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Brokers are more optimistic about the market now, and are less worried about some of the more high-profile challenges of 2023 going into the new year, according to RISMedia’s latest Broker Confidence Index (BCI), with an uptick in broker sentiment to mark the end of...
by | Jan 9, 2024 | Agents, Best Practices, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, Marketing, National, News, Premier |
Editor’s Note: Social Skills is a bi-monthly feature in RISMedia’s Daily News focused on social media and digital marketing tips, trends and solutions for agents and brokers. As REALTORS®, it’s important to keep up on the latest trends and news in the housing market...