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Existing-home sales droop as mortgage rates hit 20-year highs

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Home sales fell 2 percent between August and September and retreated 15.4 percent from a year ago as prices and interest rates climbed. Continue reading →

Agent training, objection scripts on trial as Sitzer | Burnett ends Day 3

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On Day 2 of witness testimony Wednesday, attorney Michael Ketchmark narrowed in on training materials and presentation slides he alleged violated antitrust policies held by the defendants. Continue reading →

Read the playbooks of NAR, Keller Williams ahead of Sitzer | Burnett

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The National Association of Realtors, Keller Williams, HomeServices and its subsidiaries BHH Affiliates and HSF Affiliates submitted their trial briefs ahead of the antitrust trial in Kansas City. Continue reading →

Sitzer | Burnett: Live updates from the buyer-agent commission trial

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The long-awaited Sitzer | Burnett commission trial is underway in Kansas City, Missouri, and Inman is covering it all live as it unfolds. Check back early and often for news, views, schedules and more. Continue reading →

Full court press: What to know as the commission battle starts today

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The allegations, the high-profile witnesses slated to testify and all the evidence the jury will and won’t see — it’s all here as the long-awaited Sitzer | Burnett commission trial unfolds this week. Continue reading →

Drop in bond yields could also give mortgage rates room to ease

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Dovish remarks from Fed policymakers help ease fears of more rate hikes, bringing yields on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes back to where they were at the beginning of October. Continue reading →

The real estate industry isn’t doing enough to keep agents safe

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From physical safety to psychological and emotional safety, it’s time to implement new practices and changed attitudes to the industry, writes safety expert Tracey Hawkins. Continue reading →

Housing groups urge Federal Reserve to stop hiking rates

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MBA, NAR and NAHB say uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s next moves is disrupting the housing sector and threatening to send the U.S. economy into a tailspin Continue reading →

Redfin bids ‘arrivederci’ to NAR. Who’s next? The Download

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Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman encouraged agents and brokers to leave NAR along with the company. Will they, and who else will join them? Continue reading →

Anywhere unveils the details of its bombshell commission settlement

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Among the proposed changes, Anywhere said its company-owned brokerages, franchisees and affiliated agents will no longer be required to belong to the National Association of Realtors. Continue reading →