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The best Apple Ingredients:
-10 cups all-purpose apples, peeled, cored and sliced
-1 cup white sugar
-1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
-1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
-3 tablespoons water
-1 cup quick-cooking oats
-1 cup all-purpose flour
-1 cup packed brown sugar
-¼ teaspoon baking powder
-¼ teaspoon baking soda
-½ cup butter, melted
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12409/apple-crisp-ii/
Crisp Recipe Preparation:
Step 1: Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Step 2: Place sliced apples in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Mix white sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, and cinnamon together; sprinkle over apples. Pour water evenly over apples.
Step 3: Combine oats, 1 cup flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl. Add melted butter and mix with a fork until crumbly; sprinkle evenly over apple mixture.
Step 4: Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown and apples are bubbling around the edges, about 45 minutes.
A special gft coming your way!
This year, Danielle Clement Homes is excited to express our appreciation for our clients in a whole new way! This holiday season, you’ll receive an exclusive invitation to select the perfect day for you and your family to enjoy a special gift from the DCH team. Keep an eye out in the coming months for more details—here’s a hint, it’s something tasty your whole family can enjoy!
How the NAR Settlement Is Changing Homebuying and Selling
Written by: Aly J. Yale, U.S News
A shakeup is looming for the real estate industry as new rules take effect this week that change how agents get paid – and it could mean big changes for consumers on both sides of real estate transactions.
In May, the National Association of Realtors settled a series of class-action lawsuits alleging that its compensation rules, which forced selling agents to advertise compensation for buyer’s agents on listings, essentially amounted to antitrust, reducing competition and artificially inflating commission prices.
The bulk of the settlement – which saw the country’s largest trade organization agree to a slate of industrywide changes and pay over $400 million in damages – is set to go into effect on Aug 17 in most parts of the country.
“Even though the practice of sellers paying both sides has been around for the entire century, the lawsuits made this practice look like a huge conspiracy,” says Ying He, a real estate agent at BarbCo in San Francisco. “NAR denied any wrongdoing and supposedly settled for liability/business reasons – corporations do that all the time, but the appearance is NAR and all associated realtors admit this is a somewhat shady practice and definitely against antitrust laws.”
Regardless of how it appears, the settlement has fundamentally changed how real estate transactions are handled moving forward Here’s what you can expect as Aug 17 rolls around if you ’ re buying or selling a home.
What happens Aug. 17?
Aug.17 is the deadline for two major changes: First, buyers must now enter into a contract with an agent before that agent can show them any properties.
Some states already require this, but now, it’s required for any agent who’s a member of NAR (which is a whopping 1.5 million agents in America).
“A signed buyer representation agreement is required in many states already and has been a common practice many agents engage in – even in states where it was not required,” says Amy Lessinger, president at real estate brokerage RE/MAX. “It will be a change for agents in roughly 30 states.”
Also on this date will be a big shift in agent commissions. Prior to the settlement, NAR members who listed properties included offers of shared commissions within their local multiple listing services – the platforms on which most homes are listed. It's a tool real estate professionals use to view and share information regarding property listings. The exact amount varied, but this led to most sellers paying about 6% of the home’s sales price, with 3% going to their agent and 3% to the eventual buyer’s agent.
Starting on the 17th, those advertised offers of compensation are no longer allowed in an MLS. While sellers and their agents can still offer to pay a buyer’s agent's fee, that must happen via outside negotiations. That could mean that in some transactions, sellers pay no portion of the buyer’s agent fee at all – putting that burden fully on the buyer instead. The buyer could then negotiate and pay their agent’s fee out of pocket or go without an agent, managing their transaction on their own.
What Buyer’s can expect:
If you ’ re looking to buy a home post-Aug. 17, the first difference you may notice – depending on where you live – is that you’ll be required to sign a contract before touring any homes.
“The new rule about getting buyers to sign up prior to touring a home will be interesting,” says James Badia, an agent with Pam Harrington Exclusives in South Carolina “This is very unfair to the buyer since they have not even developed any kind of relationship with the agent.”
There is no hard-and-fast rule regarding how long these contracts must be. While a contract must be in place before you can tour a home with an agent, the terms of that contract are flexible. It could be for one day, one house tour, or any other term you and your agent can agree upon, as long as it’s prior to the showing.
Real estate company Zillow has developed a new state-specific touring agreement that agents ask buyers to sign prior to touring a house
The seven-day agreement does not require a fee, and it does not bind the buyer to that agent If a buyer wants to purchase a home, they need to sign a new agreement with an agent specifying the terms and compensation for their services.
Beyond this, you can expect some additional negotiations – both with your agent and with the seller and their agent
“The new contract requirements will lead to more upfront negotiations and back-and-forth with clients,” Routon says. “I am starting to hear more stories about buyers going directly to the listing agent in lieu of having their own representation because they’ve heard that they will need to pay their agent directly and they just don’t have the extra funds, with high interest rates and home prices.”
More unique pricing structures – aside from just straight commission percentages – could become more prevalent after Aug 17 too More buyer’s agents may offer a la carte pricing, flat fees and hourly services, among other thing, to better fit consumers ' budgets and needs.
What Seller’s can expect:
If you ’ re selling a home, you can expect to negotiate more, too. As He puts it, “In the old world, most times sellers would pay fees on both the buy side and listing side. In the post-August 17 world, each deal would be different Any combination is a possibility ”
Sellers will technically have the choice whether they want to offer any compensation to the buyer’s agent – or none at all. That could mean lower out-of-pocket expenses on the surface, but agents say failing to provide a fee – or offering a low one – will likely have some residual blowback.
“Sellers expecting to net more on the sale of their home may be surprised that buyers will now be making offers lower than the asking price, due to factoring in the cost of paying for the buyer’s agent’s commission,” says Alex Mendel, an agent with Keller Williams Realty Boca Raton in Florida.
You also may see a smaller buyer pool if you ’ re unwilling to pay a portion of the other agent’s fee, as agents may be less likely to show your home.
If you are willing to pay some or all of a buyer’s commission, make sure your agent knows that and is aware of how much They can let other agents know – off the MLS – that you ’ re open to negotiating.
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