CategoryReal Estate Brokerage

• NAR Membership Is Wildly Bloated By “Ghost” MLS Members
• If NAR Membership Collapses, Research And DC Lobbying Efforts Will Stop
• Florida Has The Most Real Estate Agents Per Capita, And DC Has The Fewest

• A Third Of Agents Don’t Know About The Lawsuit And Confusion Will Be Severe
• Saturday Is The Day Buyers’ Agent Compensation Gets Tested In The Marketplace
• Sellers Likely Won’t Net Out More For Their Homes

• Real Estate Brokerage Industry Sharply Cut Costs To Survive Elevated Rates
• Industry Is Placing Hopes On Surge In Demand From Anticipated Rate Cuts
• Redfin Emerges From Pandemic With Residential Real Estate Leadership Role

• Two Realtor associations that own a Colorado MLS sold it to a private firm
• The unprecedented sale was to reduce legal exposure to the NAR settlement
• Business rules of an MLS conflict with Realtor associations (a.k.a. steering)

NAR Scrubbed Their Website Of All Membership Data Membership Totals May Be Subject To Collapse Public Resources Relied On Such As Existing Home Sales At Risk As long as I can remember, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shared their membership numbers. Through February of 2024, the public, press, and members could download their membership data. Recently I discovered that NAR had scrubbed...

So far, 35 Women Have Accused Real Estate Broker Oren Alexander of Rape Official Partners Says They Began Process Of Removing Oren From Ownership A Partner Claims "Official is not Oren Alexander" As of this post today, at least 35 women have come forward (and a lot more seems likely), with accusations against super luxury real estate broker Oren Alexander and his twin brother Alon. The firm Oren...

There is a lot of revvedup noise coming from the Pacific Northwest these days. The housing market is booming, the local MLS is getting belligerent, and social media is driving people through the roof. The Seattle housing market continues to soar with hometown employers like Microsoft with its ChatGPT alliance and Amazon booming, keeping the pressure on the lack of housing affordability. Prices...