The Real Brokerage Inc. (NASDAQ: REAX) announced a $9.25 million settlement agreement to resolve the pending class action litigation in one of the post-Sitzer/Burnett copycat lawsuits regarding the commissions paid to real estate professionals. Under the terms of the...
The story behind the Sitzer/Burnett case, squatters getting the boot in Florida and an iconic hotel’s demise. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the Hits and Misses for the week of March 25-29. Miss: Placing Blame Elsewhere. Rhonda Burnett, a...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) sent a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Federal Housing Administration, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac requesting confirmation that homebuyers can continue to access...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed:Â Ever since the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced its $418 million settlement to settle the charges raised in the Sitzer/Burnett case, there has been a flood of bizarre articles, interviews and opinion pieces in the mainstream media...
Kaplan Inc., the global educational services company, has created the Buyer Agency Professional (BAP) designation for buyer agents in the post-Sitzer/Burnett real estate environment. “On a scale of one to 10, the National Association of Realtors’ decision to change...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
