190: Keller Williams Settles for $70M in NAR Lawsuit, Banks “Rocked” by RE Losses

Just when you thought the NAR lawsuit coverage was over, Keller Williams agrees to settle for $70M, bringing a big blow to real estate agent commissions. How will this impact buyers and sellers, and are we entering a new age of home buying where only a fraction of the real estate agents exist? We’re getting into this headline and others affecting the housing market in BIG ways in this episode of On the Market. Some agents will thrive while others barely survive in a post-NAR lawsuit world as real estate agent commissions are threatened once again. But it isn’t only agents getting hit hard this week. Banks have been “rocked” by real estate losses, primarily commercial real estate, as loans come due, but investors aren’t able to pay. One bank saw its share price slide by more than fifty percent this month as earnings reports showed a major loss from lending this quarter. Finally, it wouldn’t be a headlines show if we didn’t touch on the jobs report. This month, we’re getting a mixed bag of good for the economy but bad for rates type of numbers. Jobs are growing, and the economy is still chugging along, but will this push rate cuts back as the Fed fails to find weakness in our economy? We’re giving you our thoughts on this episode! In This Episode We Cover: Keller Williams' settlement of $70M in the NAR agent commission lawsuit and what this means for the future of agent commissions  The rise of “niche” brokers and agents and why they may THRIVE in the coming years Our crucial advice for first-time homebuyers that you CANNOT miss  Commercial real estate losses and how hard IS it to get an investor loan today? (this will surprise you) New jobs report numbers that took many economists by surprise and what effect it could have on future mortgage rates  And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Agent BiggerPockets Bootcamps Join BiggerPockets for FREE On The Market Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise Connect with Other Investors in the “On The Market” Forums Subscribe to The “On The Market” YouTube Channel Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram Kathy's BiggerPockets Profile Kathy's Instagram BiggerPockets' Instagram NAR Slapped with $1.8B Lawsuit Payout, Ripple Effects Could Be “Enormous” Articles from Today’s Show: Keller Williams Settlement Bank Losses January Jobs Report   Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/on-the-market-190 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices