The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuits against real estate companies are beginning to pile up again. Plaintiff Jessica Murch filed a TCPA suit against Compass and Compass Washington on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon. “The Plaintiff brings this action to enforce the consumer-privacy provisions of the TCPA alleging that Compass violated the […]
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Mountain Realty ERA Powered has acquired Miller & Associates Real Estate, an independent brokerage based in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The newly merged firm will operate under the Mountain Realty ERA Powered name, with a combined total of 34 agents across two offices. The acquisition expands Mountain Realty’s footprint westward, increasing its presence in central Pennsylvania (including
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Erick Fernandez — founder of the real estate group EF Homes — has joined Coldwell Banker Realty’s office in Aptos, California, marking a shift from his prior affiliation with Keller Williams. He brings more than two decades of business experience and is accompanied by EF Homes team members Laif McClellan and Cecilia Baron. Fernandez, who
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HomeServices of America has announced the addition of another new executive to its roster. On Monday, the firm announced the appointment of Renee Gonzales as its new vice president of core services integrations. In this newly created role, Gonzales will focus on accelerating the business growth and operational alignment across HomeServices’ national network of companies.
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Massachusetts homebuyers will soon be protected from being pressured into waiving home inspections under new regulation. The policy, put forth by the state’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), prohibits sellers and their agents from requiring or encouraging buyers to waive a home inspection as a condition of purchasing real estate. It also
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Tensions between Compass CEO Robert Reffkin and Zillow are continuing to build in the lead up to Zillow’s new listing standards going into effect later this month. Reffkin followed up last week’s LinkedIn post claiming that Zillow no longer displays all MLS listings to prospective homebuyers, with two more posts. On Friday, Reffkin highlighted Zillow’s
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Opendoor has agreed to pay $39 million to settle a lawsuit that alleges the company misled investors about the reliability of its pricing technology, according to court documents filed Friday. The proposed settlement — filed in federal court in Arizona and first reported by Reuters — must still be approved by U.S. District Court Judge
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Imagine if you could bottle the enthusiasm your clients have for working with you and use it to capture new business. That’s where real estate testimonials come into play. We all know that getting testimonials is an important part of building a business, yet it’s often a forgotten step in the process. More often than
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Consumers listing a $400,000 property for sale could save up to $10,000 in broker fees by using a “low-fee” brokerage firm, according to a report published Monday by the Consumer Policy Center (CPC). The report, written by CPC fellows Stephen Brobeck and Wendy Glich, examined both flat-fee brokers (who list a property on the MLS
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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — a new weekly series rounding up the latest in technology, including tools, integrations and trends impacting mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: UWM’s Jason Bressler challenges the fear-driven narrative around AI in mortgage lending At HousingWire’s The Gathering, United Wholesale Mortgage Chief Technology Offficer Jason Bressler challenged fears about
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