Homebuyers could also ask the home seller for a concession that includes money to help cover the buyer’s agent compensation. However, the proposed rule change leaves it open for individual home sellers to negotiate such an arrangement with a buyer’s agent outside of the MLS platforms, essentially creating a loophole for agents to keep things as they are now. The trade group also agreed to require agents, or others working with a homebuyer, to enter into a written agreement with them.
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- If mortgage rates were to move higher in 2024, that would have an immediate chilling effect on homebuyers and we would see home prices correct down very quickly, which would cause the housing market to come to a standstill.
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A U.S. homebuyer’s dollar now goes about half as far as it did in late 2020. The case hinged on the commissions, usually of 6%, that sellers pay their agents, who then split them with the buyers’ agents. It has been a cornerstone of how the NAR — a powerful trade group of 1.5 million members — does business. But after just hours of deliberation, a jury found that this standard industry practice amounts to collusion to inflate real estate fees.
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With this approach, you buy a property that you think will increase in value with certain repairs and updates. Ideally, you complete the work as quickly as possible and then sell at

