Opinion: The myth of financing buyer agent commissions by Amy Crews Cutts for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire The proposed settlement between the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) and class-action litigants has prompted much discussion about a series of practice changes affecting compensation for real estate professionals. Despite bipartisan agreement that supply shortages are driving housing’s unaffordability issue, some point to commissions. As a salve, a vocal…

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Bringing reverse mortgages to a symposium celebrating women in finance by Chris Clow for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire Richelle Hopkins of Mutual of Omaha Mortgage has been a reverse mortgage professional for 20 years, moving to Arizona in 2006. In 2020, a colleague approached her about establishing a Phoenix-based chapter of Women in Insurance and Financial Services (WIFS), an association of financial services professionals who aim to…

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Employee at the center of the Move v. CoStar suit allegedly accessed 40 stolen documents by Brooklee Han for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire The employee at the center of the Move v. CoStar lawsuit granted his personal email access to roughly 40 documents prior to his departure for Move subsidiary Realtor.com, according to the latest filing in the legal battle between the two listing platform giants. On Tuesday, Move filed an amended…

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