November 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Copycat Lawsuits are springing up in multiple states including New York, Texas, South Carolina and New Jersey, with more to follow. Next steps for NAR and other plaintiffs include as noted, NAR has said it plans to appeal the verdict. This is just the first chapter in a longer legal process. In terms of timing, […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are MLS and REALTORS treating this seriously? AKMLS had 3 meetings and our students gave the meetings a mixed report card. The students in last week’s live classes just after the AKMLS meeting, reported the mediation attorney AKMLS brought up didn’t understand the restraint of trade issues and said Alaskan real estate professionals were not

Reading Time: 3 minutes Critical MLS Questions MLS had 3 meetings last week and our students gave the meetings a mixed report card. I will give a detailed narrative on the meetings and MLS actions taken after the meeting, in next week’s newsletter. Lawsuits expanding to multiple states! Texas commission lawsuit names real estate teams and individual broker as

Reading Time: 3 minutes AKMLS Bringing Attorney for 3 Presentations this week. What questions should I ask? MLS Questions. What rule changes do you plan on making? What forms are you planning on changing? How soon do you plan on making the changes? What role will the broker members have in the changes? What changes should MLS members make

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are Class Action Real Estate Commission Lawsuits coming to Alaska? As you know, the long-anticipated Sitzer/Burnett class action commission lawsuit verdict is in. In the Sitzer/Burnett buyer broker commission lawsuit a Kansas City jury has found the National Association of Realtors, HomeServices of America, and Keller Williams guilty of colluding to inflate or maintain high