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Do you want to pay them? SDAR is $741 The Fresno Board is $693 The Inland Gateway board (TIGAR) is $716. Do you want to pay that? OCAR (Orange County) and Contra Costa Boards are around $1400-$1500! Wowza! What have they provided lately? A yearly brunch? A souvenir coffee mug? Join MLS-Only and pay $175 not hundreds of dollars in junk fees.

With the N.A.R. announcement last week stating they do not require membership to the Realtor board for MLS Access, MLS-Only Broker has been this option since 2003. MLS-Only Agents and Brokers are not members of the Realtor trade association boards. We participate in the California state Multiple listing services. We are state licensed and certified agents and brokers. This has been our method of business since day 1. Now N.A.R. is basically agreeing our business model

From INMAN News by Taylor Anderson In an ongoing effort to decrease the risk of future antitrust complaints, the National Association of Realtors voted at its ongoing NXT conference this weekend to update a slate of rules related to access to multiple listing services. The organization specifically voted to repeal a rule — Policy Statement 7.7 from the MLS Handbook — stating NAR was “firmly and unequivocally committed” to the principle of requiring membership for access to Re

From Yahoo-Finance Like Anywhere Real Estate Friday morning, the terms of RE/MAX’s $55 million settlement with  plaintiffs  in two bombshell buyer commission  lawsuits  have been made public. Similar to Anywhere’s deal, the RE/MAX agreement stipulates that the firm make significant changes to what it requires of its agents and franchisees. Final court approval of the settlement is expected in early 2024. In an open letter to RE/MAX affiliates, RE/MAX president Nick Bail

The following letter is from Redfin’s leadership team:  Redfin is moving to end our support of the National Association of Realtors for two reasons: NAR policies requiring a fee for the buyer’s agent on every listing a pattern of alleged sexual harassment.  A Long Time Coming We’ve had many meetings with NAR execs to explore compromises on the policies that would let us continue our support. Since a Redfin-wide initiative to join NAR in 2017, we’ve paid more than $13 million

Listing agents are required to present ALL written offers submitted to the seller. Its their fudiciary duty. Therefore if the buyers agent submits a valid offer to the listing agent also known as seller's agent, the sellers agent must present the offer to the seller. In fact not presenting the offer is a reportable offense. Head over to First Tuesday, they have a detailed post on the matter. Failure to submit all offers: a reportable offense | firsttuesday Journal

By Johnathan Turley https://housingnotes.com/the-nar-membership-collapse-is-only-beginning/ Takeways NAR’s plan uses zero-based budgeting and sharp compliance to rebuild trust after scandals​ The strategy assumes 1.2M members, down sharply from the 2022 peak, reflecting continued erosion from lawsuits and leadership crises​ Ongoing membership declines risk NAR’s influence and threaten key industry research if the drop accelerates​ I was reading a piece in Real Estate News: