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Flat-fee multiple listing service or flat-fee MLS refers to the practice in the real estate industry of a seller entering into an "à la carte service agreement" with a real estate broker who accepts a flat fee rather than a percentage of the sale price for the listing side of the transaction.
A multiple listing service (MLS, also multiple listing system or multiple listings service) is an organization with a suite of services that real estate brokers use to establish contractual offers of cooperation and compensation (among brokers) and accumulate and disseminate information to enable appraisals.
Compass, Inc. operates a residential real estate brokerage in the United States. [4] [5] It has approximately 29,000 agents, who are generally independent contractors, on its platform. [2] In 2023, the company completed 178,848 transactions for a gross dollar value of $186.1 billion. It had a market share in the U.S. of 4.5%. [2]
The company continued to grow in 1999, entering Dallas/Fort Worth, Harrisburg and Milwaukee markets. With these new holdings, NRT reached its 100th acquisition mark. [3] In 2000, NRT set a "real estate industry record, surpassing $100 billion in closed sales volume" and acquired Fred Sands Realtors, a $5 billion company based in Los Angeles. [3]
In order to correct the problem, the economists proposed a new “à la carte” model for buy-side real estate agents that could reduce buyers’ commissions by roughly $30 billion.
Weichert, Realtors is a residential and commercial real estate franchisor founded in Chatham, New Jersey in 1969. Since 1989, the company has been headquartered in Morris Plains, New Jersey. It is a family-owned and operated business led by co-presidents, founder Jim Weichert and James Weichert, Jr, his son. [1]
The website is licensed to operate by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the real estate industry's largest trade association. [3] [7] The company's business model is built around selling referral-based solutions, leads, and advertising to agents, brokers, and others in the real estate industry. [8] Realtor.com covers 80 countries.
HomeServices of America is the United States' largest residential real estate services company, based on closed transactions. The company provides real estate brokerage services, mortgage loan origination, franchising, title insurance/escrow and closing services, home warranties, property insurance, casualty insurance, and relocation services.