#broker-commission-structure

#broker-commission-structure

The Gibson plaintiffs claimed that eXp negotiated the agreement with the Hooper plaintiffs after conducting prolonged, unsuccessful settlement negotiations with Intervenor Plaintiff counsel, conducting a reverse auction in an attempt to gain a sweetheart deal.

I moved from Israel to New York because I saw it as the centre of global real estate. It's one of the most competitive markets in the world. If you can succeed there, you can succeed anywhere. I wanted to be in that environment early on.

Under the terms of Sotheby's new fee structure, buyer's premiums for lots sold in New York are increasing from 27% on lots priced at or above $1m to 28% for all works sold for hammer prices up to and including $2m (£1.5m in London). The medium tier buyer's premium will remain 22% of the hammer price, but will be applied to lots sold for between $2m and $8m (£1.5m and £6m in London);

Media and creative agencies face a range of threats in 2026, from generative AI to media fragmentation and the continued dominance of Meta and Google's platforms. In response, few businesses in this sector have stood still. They've chosen to merge, acquire - or in the case of Dentsu, cast loose - to keep moving forward. The likely destination? A leaner sector that employs fewer people and trades on its tech bonafides and principal-media trading capabilities over its creative chops.

This may be the last year that law firms can expect billing rate increases to drive financial stability, according to a new survey of more than 800 senior finance and legal professionals in large firms across North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Technology company BigHand's 2026 finance report suggests that firms can no longer rely on traditional measures of profitability, as clients are demanding more efficiency and predictability amid the increased adoption of artificial intelligence across the legal profession, according to Law.com.

Market forces such as rising attorney salaries, persistent inflation, and unrelenting demand in premium practices are giving firms the confidence to push hourly rates beyond historical norms.

We aren't just looking for the next listing; we're looking toward the next horizon of how global communities are built and experienced. The launch of eXp New Homes is our strategic response to the evolving needs of the new construction sector where precision and partnership are the ultimate currencies. We are empowering our agents to move beyond the traditional resale mindset and step confidently into the role of a strategic new home sales partner.

The more productive an agent is, the less likely they are to leave. In the U.S., the majority of departing agents continue to be our lowest producing cohort and agents in the highest producing cohorts are multiple times less likely to churn than our low producing agents.

We have mastered the art of onboarding brokerages that are otherwise incredibly gifted and market-share dominant, Duffy said. United's focus is not small-team tuck-ins. It is step-function growth. We're really good at going to 1,000- or 2,000-agent venerable firms and bringing them into the United platform culturally, operationally, financially and technology-wise to accelerate their growth, he said. That growth engine, he argues, is fully referenceable.

Our agents now have a community of like-minded investment-curious agents, experienced agent investor professionals and the tools to create their own income and wealth-producing portfolios, Dan Duffy, the CEO of United Real Estate Group, said in a statement. The company said the program is designed to help agents not only boost their income, but also build generational wealth for their families and communities. Due to this, the brokerage said it aligns with its core values of Family, Excellence, Fiscal Responsibility and Seeing Things Differently.

In late December, the DOJ filed a statement of interest in the Davis homebuyer commission lawsuit, which was filed in May 2024 against Howard Hanna Real Estate Services. In the filing, which was signed by Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater, the DOJ urged the court to take a closer look at agent commissions, arguing that they are still possibly inflated due to unreasonable trade group rules that the department feels are inherently unlawful.