Although real estate professionals in Washington believe buyer broker agreements benefit both the buyer and their representative, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) disagrees. In a report ...

Xpert Home Lending Inc., a fast-growing mortgage brokerage led by a former top account executive at United Wholesale Mortgage ...

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has reviewed 131 broker agreements from lenders over the past year, leading to amendments in 94% of contracts to create fairer terms ...

Typically, the buyer’s agent prepares a purchase agreement for a seller to review, says Robert Washington, broker and founder at Savvy Buyers Realty in St. Petersburg, Florida. In his experience ...

Greater Washington is one of the hottest residential ... aside from each agent having a compensation agreement with his or her brokerage and an additional contract between the team leader and ...

Agreements may limit the amount of clients brokers can attract. Last August, NAR reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit that resulted in changes to buyer-broker fees in real estate ...

The trend toward required buyer-broker agreements has been a national one, CAR said in a statement. As of August, at least 27 states require such agreements, including Washington and Oregon.