Published March 28, 2024
Beyond the Headlines of the NAR Settlement

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<td class="m_-8653223242463676539text_content-cell m_-8653223242463676539content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="margin: 0px; font-family: " century="" gothic",="" calibri,="" helvetica,="" arial,="" sans-serif;="" color:="" rgb(37,="" 78,="" 112);="" font-size:="" 14px;="" line-height:="" 1.2;="" display:="" block;="" overflow-wrap:="" break-word;="" padding:="" 10px="" 20px;"="">
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<p align="center" style="" century="" gothic",="" calibri,="" helvetica,="" arial,="" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 14px;="" letter-spacing:="" normal;="" background-color:="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);="" margin-bottom:="" 0px;="" padding:="" text-align:="" center;"="">Fiction: Sellers are now prohibited from offering buyer's brokers compensation.<p align="center" style="" century="" gothic",="" calibri,="" helvetica,="" arial,="" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 14px;="" letter-spacing:="" normal;="" background-color:="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);="" margin-bottom:="" 0px;="" padding:="" text-align:="" center;"="">Fact: Offering a buyer's broker a commission has always been up to the seller. Sellers can continue to offer commission to a buyers broker if they believe it will lead to the best outcome for the sale of their property.<p align="center" style="" century="" gothic",="" calibri,="" helvetica,="" arial,="" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 14px;="" letter-spacing:="" normal;="" background-color:="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);="" margin-bottom:="" 0px;="" padding:="" text-align:="" center;"=""> <p align="center" style="" century="" gothic",="" calibri,="" helvetica,="" arial,="" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 14px;="" letter-spacing:="" normal;="" background-color:="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);="" margin-bottom:="" 0px;="" padding:="" text-align:="" center;"="">Note: In July, it may be prohibited to list the commission the seller is offering to a buyers broker on the NWMLS, but commission can be advertised elsewhere or be offered as another type of buyer credit.<p align="center" style="color: rgb(37, 78, 112); font-family: " century="" gothic",="" calibri,="" helvetica,="" arial,="" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 14px;="" letter-spacing:="" normal;="" background-color:="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);="" margin-bottom:="" 0px;="" padding:="" text-align:="" center;"=""> <p align="center" style="" century="" gothic",="" calibri,="" helvetica,="" arial,="" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 14px;="" letter-spacing:="" normal;="" background-color:="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);="" margin-bottom:="" 0px;="" padding:="" text-align:="" center;"=""><span style="" century="" gothic",="" calibri,="" helvetica,="" arial,="" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 18px;="" font-style:="" italic;="" letter-spacing:="" normal;"="">As always, if you have any questions or would like to discuss any of the changes that have been made, please do not hesitate to ask me!
Jessica Sternberg Jessica@DawnRushton.com 206.459.1970 |