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NAR Op-Ed: ‘Cooperative Compensation Will Continue to Be an Important Option for Consumers’
Last month, the National Association of REALTORS® announced a settlement that would resolve nationwide litigation over claims from home sellers related to broker commissions. The $ 418 million settlement, and the practice changes it will usher in, have led some to speculate that real estate agents are at risk of becoming obsolete. As someone who […]
‘We Can’t Be Fragmented on Something as Important as This’
Above: Katie Lappe, left, with daughter Abby. Housing is for everybody. That is a goal, not a statement of fact. There remain a myriad of barriers—racial discrimination, lack of availability of homes, red tape, debt—that prevent huge swaths of people from achieving homeownership. If the mission of real estate professionals is to move toward that… […]