(Credit: Douglas Elliman) What’s in a name? The Florida Real Estate Commission wants you to know. New advertising regulations enacted this month require agents to adhere to a slew of new rules concerning team names — including one that requires the company logo to be at least as large as their own team. Effective July […]
New lawsuits raise question of who should pay homebuyer’s agent
A house with a real estate agent (Credit: iStock) The long knives are out again for one of American real estate’s oldest and most controversial traditions: requiring home sellers to pay the agents who represent the buyers of their properties. A landmark suit filed in March alleged that the 1.3-million-member National Association of Realtors has […]
Inside the tension behind the scenes at Keller Williams
Keller Williams co-founder Gary Keller at the company’s annual convention, where he gavea three-hour update on the firm’s $1 billion tech push On a recent early-morning flight to New Orleans, a flight attendant with an acute sense of comedic timing landed a zinger: “I am looking to sell a house, can anyone assist me?” The […]
Real Trends website hacked after release of brokerage ranking
Real Trends president Steve Murray (Credit: Hiban Digital and iStock) Real Trends’ website was hacked just hours after the firm released its latest brokerage rankings. President Steve Murray announced in an email that “someone who didn’t want you to have access to our REAL Trends 500 report hired a hacker to attack the REAL Trends […]