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How to motivate, inspire and train your team amid disruption

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Great team leaders focus on business development and agent development, and the results can be staggering, coach Verl Workman writes. Continue reading →

Buyer commission suit against Hanna adds new, familiar plaintiffs

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There are now more than two dozen named plaintiffs in an antitrust case against the parent company of Howard Hanna, several of them also plaintiffs in other buyer commission suits. Continue reading →

Keller Williams to settle lawsuits over scrapped profit share plan

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Former Keller Williams agents had filed suit in recent months over the company’s now-abandoned plans to slash profit sharing for agents who jumped ship for rival brokerages before April 2020. Continue reading →

Upfront lands $2.5M in funding to streamline credit access for agents

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Even before the commission crunch, real estate agents have struggled to make ends meet. Through brokerage partnerships, Upfront aims to ease access to credit for working agents.
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The long view: Take the Inman Intel Index survey for September

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A month into the NAR settlement era, the Inman Intel Index is tracking the impact on buyers, sellers, agents and brokerages. Add your voice to real estate’s most ambitious monthly survey today. Continue reading →

Attorneys request $226M from NAR and HomeServices deals

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Law professor estimates the plaintiffs’ law firms are asking for only 3 percent of the total value of the deals when ‘historic’ business practice changes are taken into account. Continue reading →

Umansky threatens to sue NAR as pocket listing pressure mounts

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The Agency CEO and founder said he plans to revive a lawsuit against NAR over a pocket listing network. The threat came days after NAR officials convened to reevaluate Clear Cooperation. Continue reading →

Oregon real estate brokerages merge under RE/MAX banner

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Announced Friday, the merger will unite RE/MAX Key Properties and West + Main Homes Oregon. The new company will tout the RE/MAX name and resume operations with nearly 90 agents. Continue reading →

Fathom Realty agrees to pay $2.95M to settle commission suit

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The company denied wrongdoing and said it had agreed to settle with plaintiffs in an attempt to move on and continue growing the business. Continue reading →

Tongo’s agent-focused finance app ready for market

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A new solution to help brokers administer financial benefits to agents is now available from Tongo, a company that “builds financial products that cater to the needs of the commission economy.” Continue reading →