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Listen: Meet the brokerage that taped those calls and takes credit for starting a DOJ suit
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The commission a buyer s agent earns is in the spotlight.
A number of suits have criticized the way the commissions are set up, alleging the arrangement has an upward pressure on prices. While buyers agents have a fiduciary responsibility to the homebuyer, their commissions are largely set by the homeseller before the property is listed on an agent-to-agent database known as the multiple listing service.
Despite being paid by the seller, buyers agents are required to work in the homebuyers best interest which means they should not steer buyers to one house or another just because of how much they ll be paid. However, phone calls recorded by the brokerage Rex seem to show real estate agents doing just that.
Listen: Nancy has some news, eh?
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Looped In host Nancy Sarnoff has been covering Houston real estate with the Houston Chronicle since 2004.
During that time she has chronicled countless stories, including the unending saga of the Ashby high-rise and the continuing impacts of Hurricane Harvey.
On this episode, she breaks a bit of personal news, with a detour down memory lane. Full transcript below.
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Houston Chronicle real estate reporter says goodbye to Looped In listeners during a conversation with current and former real estate reporters R.A. Schuetz and Erin Mulvaney and editor Scott Kingsley.Nancy SarnoffShow MoreShow Less