Is the standard 6% commission fee for real estate agents a thing of the past?
7/24/24
By: Mandy D. Hexom and Tim Soefje
You may have heard the news about upcoming changes to real estate commissions throughout the nation. The National Association of Realtors (“NAR”), the largest trade association of more than 1.5 million real estate …
Buyers Beware: Massachusetts’s Supreme Judicial Court Upholds Oral Exclusivity Contract In Favor of Buyer’s Real Estate Agent
2/9/23
By: Jessica Gray Kelly & Ryan Giggi
On February 2, 2023, Massachusetts’s Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) upheld a real estate broker’s right to recover lost commissions after her clients breached an oral exclusivity contract and purchased a home on their …