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Do These New Form Provisions Violate NAR Settlement Agreement?

A new report by contract law professor Tanya Monestier, author of recent CFA reports, highlights her key concerns with buyer agreements circulating post-NAR settlement.

August 28, 2024

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Real Estate News

CFA Urges Buyers and Sellers to Negotiate Commissions as Dollar Amounts

On Tuesday, August 6, 2024, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) published a Consumer Alert with three recommendations to help buyers and sellers with the new Realtor rules and practices going into effect on August 17 due to the NAR settlement.

August 7, 2024

CFA Releases Guidelines for Home Seller Contract Forms

Real Estate News

Consumer Watchdog CFA Releases Criteria for Evaluating Home Seller Contract Forms

Today, the Consumer Federation of America released “Proposed Criteria for Evaluating Home Seller Contract Forms,” which outlines recommendations for new real estate forms.

July 31, 2024

Real Estate News

Can Buyer Agreements Be Required for Consumers? Colorado Officials Say No

In a letter to Colorado Association of Realtors CEO, Marcia Waters of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies brought up concerns about buyer representation forms, specifically in regards to agents misrepresenting the forms as required for consumers.

July 23, 2024

Real Estate News

Consumer Watchdog CFA Releases Criteria for Evaluating Home Buyer Contract Forms

Today, the Consumer Federation of America released “Proposed Criteria for Evaluating Home Buyer Contract Forms,” which includes four criteria for understandable contracts and 11 criteria to ensure fairness to homebuyers.

July 16, 2024

Real Estate News

What Every Agent Needs to Know about the C.A.R. Proposed Seller Listing Agreement

On July 2, 2024, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) released its Report on C.A.R. Proposed Seller Listing Agreement, authored by Tanya Monestier, who also wrote the report, released June 25, on the C.A.R. Proposed Buyer Representation agreement.

July 9, 2024

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Real Estate News

CAR vs eXp: How (NOT) to Do Buyer Agreement Forms

Byron Lazine breaks down the Buyer Agreement form by the California Association of Realtors (CAR), a “buyer beware” press release from the Consumer Federation of America, and why more brokers and boards should emulate eXp’s Buyer Broker Agreement.

July 3, 2024

Real Estate News

CFA Report Argues Decoupled Commissions Lead to Better Service at Lower Cost

A new report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) highlights the benefits of recent changes in real estate agent compensation resulting from the uncoupling of real estate agent commissions.

April 11, 2024

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The Real Threat to Real Estate: Quality of Service, Not Marginal Agents

The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) issued a report titled, “A Surfeit of Real Estate Agents,” identifying “marginal agents” with five or fewer sales per year as the number one threat to the industry.

July 13, 2023

The Real Word

Misleading Data That Is Costing Agents & Consumers

Byron Lazine and Nicole White discuss a CFA report on a surfeit of agents—and marginal agents claiming a quarter of commissions in three markets—jealous home research, and what they think of Instagram’s new Threads app.

July 11, 2023

Do These New Form Provisions Violate NAR Settlement Agreement?

CFA Urges Buyers and Sellers to Negotiate Commissions as Dollar Amounts

Consumer Watchdog CFA Releases Criteria for Evaluating Home Seller Contract Forms

Can Buyer Agreements Be Required for Consumers? Colorado Officials Say No

Consumer Watchdog CFA Releases Criteria for Evaluating Home Buyer Contract Forms

What Every Agent Needs to Know about the C.A.R. Proposed Seller Listing Agreement

CAR vs eXp: How (NOT) to Do Buyer Agreement Forms

CFA Report Argues Decoupled Commissions Lead to Better Service at Lower Cost

The Real Threat to Real Estate: Quality of Service, Not Marginal Agents

Misleading Data That Is Costing Agents & Consumers

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