What’s your biggest takeaway 1 year after the Sitzer verdict? Pulse

Now that a year has passed, what’s your biggest lesson learned since the Sitzer | Burnett verdict? How has your business changed, and have those changes been positive overall? Continue reading

‘NAR swat team’ strikes Arizona home in wild new marketing video

The Instagram video shows agents with “NAR” along the back of swat team jackets bursting into a home before tackling, tasing and hogtying a Realtor who failed to remove an offer from the MLS. Continue reading

Shape real estate’s future: Take the Inman Intel Index survey for April

The Inman Intel Index goes beyond sentiment and trends by tapping into the real estate industry’s most engaged community. Add your voice to real estate’s most ambitious monthly survey today. Continue reading

Take the Inman Intel Index survey for March

The Inman Intel Index goes beyond sentiment and trends by tapping into the real estate industry’s most engaged community. Add your voice to the industry’s most ambitious monthly survey today. Continue reading

Thanks to NAR settlement, real estate is in its Wild West era

Bi-coastal broker Cara Ameer outlines the problems, concerns and frustrations inherent in the terms of NAR’s commission lawsuit settlement as agents learn to navigate a new reality. Continue reading

27% of agents are now considering joining new trade group: Intel

Ahead of the National Association of Realtors’ commission settlements Friday, some agents are reevaluating their memberships and considering the American Real Estate Association instead. Continue reading

NAR agrees to settle commission lawsuits for $418M

NAR would agree not to create rules that allow listing agents to set compensation for buyer brokers as part of the settlement. Continue reading

9 post-Sitzer questions we still don’t have answers to

Change always brings chaos and disruption, broker Cara Ameer writes. While many of these issues have been lurking in the background before we knew what Sitzer | Burnett was, they illustrate the work that remains to be done. Continue reading

The new agent’s essential guide to the commission lawsuits

Confused about commission cases? Bernice Ross provides the rundown on what you need to know, what’s most likely to change, how it may impact your pocketbook and steps to take to be prepared for what’s ahead. Continue reading

Meet the brokerage getting ahead of the post-Sitzer commission rush

DeLeon Realty in Silicon Valley began advertising commissions of 3.5 percent or less for homesellers who choose to work with the firm. The marketing push appeared in the mail and social media this week. Continue reading