As more brokerages and agents contemplate moving away from a cooperative compensation model, many are grappling with some tough questions, the most vexing probably being: What do I do if a seller is only willing to contribute part of the buyer broker’s fees, or none at all?According to Anthony Lamac

As an academic and consultant, Mike DelPrete wears many hats. He can now add “sting operative” to his resume.DelPrete managed a team of undercover “secret home shoppers” to test the responsiveness of brokerages to online inquiries on home listings. His team conducted 100 such tests and found signifi

As many as half of surveyed U.S. adults said that retiring at age 65 is “unrealistic,” instead saying that age 74 is a more attainable goal to reach full retirement. This is according to a survey conducted by Equitable, a financial services provider.“Equitable’s survey revealed that nearly half of c

Influential housing nonprofit Enterprise Community Partners this week submitted a comment letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding the Duty to Serve (DTS) plans submitted by the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.In its letter, the organization re