New England’s MLS Goes Its Own Way, Challenging DOJ Regarding NAR Settlement
On June 20, MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN) informed its 44,600 New England subscribers that, effective immediately, they could submit listings with no offer of buyer agent compensation. That MLS field isn’t being removed, but will now designate the seller’s offer of compensation, not the broker’s
The article about this development in Inman news service got me thinking about the rationale behind the litigation against co-op commissions and the 1st Amendment implications of prohibiting the display of a seller’s offer of an incentive for other agents to bring a buyer for their listing.
buyer’s agent to compensate. This is our policy at Golden Real Estate — a win/ win policy, under which we earn more for handling both sides of the transaction, and the seller pays less overall.
for them.
But let’s rethink that concept. Now, the listing commission in the above scenario would be 2.8%, not 5.6%, and the listing agreement would specify that the seller offers 2.8% to the buyer’s agent who represents the buyer for his home. The MLS would then have a field for displaying the seller’s offer of compensation, not the listing broker’s offer. This is where freedom of speech comes into play.
Let’s remember who has the resources to pay agents representing buyers. Unless buyers are paying cash, they’re already hard pressed to come up with the down payment and the fees charged by their loan officers. Those fees, except for the appraisal, are simply added to the principal amount of the mortgage loan, so they’re not out of pocket for buyers, but you better believe that a 4- or 5-figure agent compensation amount will be hard felt by buyers.
The many class action lawsuits regarding co-op commissions have echoed the same assertion, alleging that the sharing of commissions between listing and buyer brokers inflates seller costs and is a conspiracy in restraint of trade, a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The change suggested in this column would, I believe, invalidate that claim.
MLS PIN made the following points in its June 20th email to subscribers:
The practice has, until now, been for the seller to agree to a listing commission which was high enough for the listing broker to share it with the agent who produced the buyer. For example, a listing commission might be 5.6%, specifying that 2.8% would be offered to a cooperating buyer’s agent.
Many, but not all, listing agents would insert in the contract a provision that the listing commission would be reduced by, say, 1%, if there was no
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It would be stated in the listing agreement that sellers are free to offer zero compensation to brokers who produce the buyer for their home. Because offers of compensation by sellers would be published for buyers and their agents to see when searching for listings, sellers would be incentivized to offer such compensation. It’s okay for the seller to offer zero compensation, but if that results in few showings and no offers, the seller might change his mind later on. Listings suffer when the “days on market” number grows. I suspect most sellers will agree to offer something in order to increase showings and offers.
It has always made sense to me that agents for buyers be compensated by the sellers. The builders of new homes will continue to offer compensation to buyer agents, with or without that offer being displayed on the MLS, knowing that failure to do so would only drive buyers to their competitors. The failure of any home seller to do the same would have the same effect.
Builders must already be excited by the conventional wisdom that buyers will have to pay the brokers who represent them, knowing the great advantage that such a belief will increase business
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On the other hand, any compensation paid to a buyer’s agent by the seller is not paid upfront, but is taken from the seller’s proceeds, which makes it much less painful. But it needs to be a conscious decision of the seller to make that offer, just like any other incentive — for example, providing money to buy down the buyer’s interest rate. The shock of seeing the buyer’s agent’s commission on the seller’s settlement statement instead of the single commission payment to the listing agent is no doubt what triggered that class action lawsuits from sellers complaining, “Why am I paying my buyer’s broker?” With the decision to incentivize buyer agents being more conscious for sellers, that shock will not be as great.
“Offers of compensation, if any, will be made by the seller. Listing brokers and cooperating brokers will no longer split commissions.
“Listing agreements must disclose that the seller is neither required to offer compensation nor required to accede to any cooperating broker’s request for compensation. The listing broker must disclose this to the seller before the seller signs the listing agreement.
“If a seller elects to offer compensation, the listing agreement must also say that the cooperating broker will be an intended thirdparty beneficiary of the agreement with the right to enforce the same.
“Before posting a listing, the listing broker must certify, in a checkbox designated for this purpose in Pinergy [the MLS app], that the listing broker has notified the seller of the seller’s rights not to offer compensation and not to accede to a cooperating broker’s request for compensation.”
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Evans takes Congressional District 8 nomination
Republican winner to face Caraveo in November
BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Gabe Evans claimed 77.6% of the Republican primary vote in early and unofcial returns, on the way to defeating Dr. Janak Joshi to claim the nomination for the Congressional District 8.
Evans told his supporters Tuesday night he was ready to take on Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo in the general election in November. Evans said Caraveo and the Democratic party is responsible for a bad economy and a weak border with Mexico.
“We know my Democratic opponent...voted for those failed policies,” Evans said. “We know we have problems but now we can take all those on.”
Caraveo defeated Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer 48.4% to 47.7% in the rstever general election for the newly created 8th Congressional District in 2022.
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She was unopposed in the Democratic primary, collecting 28,356 votes and her party’s nomination, according to uno cial returns.
Caraveo, a ornton pediatrician and former state lawmaker, represents a district that covers parts of Adams, Weld, and Larimer counties north of the Denver metro area. e seat is rated a toss-up by national election forecasters and could determine which party controls the House after this year’s election, according to Colorado Politics.
Caraveo was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Evans was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2022 and has been endorsed by House
Speaker Mike Johnson and former President Donald Trump.
Before being elected to the Colorado House, Evans worked as a police lieutenant and served in the U.S. Army and Colorado Army National Guard from 2007 to 2019.
Besides his endorsements, Evans also points to his performance at the Congressional District 8 Republican assembly in March as proof he is the best candi-
date to be the GOP pick to take on Caraveo.
“Grassroots Republicans spoke loud and clear when they gave me a 62% victory at the CD 8 assembly. at’s the endorsement that matters to me, not a handful of Colorado Republican Party bosses who live outside my district,” Evans said in an emailed message.
“I’m proud to have the endorsement of dozens of Colorado and national leaders – including Presi-
dent Trump – as I work to unite the party against Joe Biden and his far-left allies in Congress, such as Yadira Caraveo, so we can secure the border, restore respect for the rule of law, and bring down prices and the cost of living,” Evans said.
e Colorado GOP endorsed Joshi who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 20132017.
Mullica, Henson, Baca claim Democratic County Commissioner primary wins
Candidates vying for three open seats set stage for November
With three seats on the line for the Adams County Commission, the stage is set for November’s election that could change the face of the ve-member board.
Adams County Democrats selected Julie Duran Mullica as their candidate to replace the outgoing Eva Henry in District 1. She defeated Val-
erie Vigil with 17,073 votes to Vigil’s 11,037, according to the uno cial voting tally June 26.
Commissioner District 1 includes the eastern part of Brighton and ornton. Mullica served as a Northglenn City Councilor until she moved out of the city and into ornton in April 2022. She is married to State Senator Kyle Mullica, who represents ornton and Northglenn through Federal Heights in Senate District 24. Vigil is a school counselor in District Adams 12
Five Star and the daughter of Val Vigil, who served in the State House from 1999 through 2007.
Mullica faces Republican Shelly McClure, who claimed 16,039 votes and did not have a challenger in the primary.
In Commissioner District 2, which runs from ornton east through much of Commerce City, ornton City Councilor Kathy Henson had no challengers and collected 25,929 votes.
She’ll face Commerce City’s Bernadette Tedesco, who is registered as a member of
the Colorado Center Party. In District 5, which includes the eastern portion of Brighton, south to Interstate 70 and east about 65 miles to Washington County line, Incumbent Democrat Lynn Baca collected 25,997 votes. She was unopposed for the party’s nomination. Republican Jim Wood is also unopposed. Wood picked up 18,878 votes in Tuesday’s GOP primary. Winners in November will join Commissioners Emma Pinter in District 3 and Steve O’Dorisio in District 4. Both are Democrats.
Flanked by his wife Anne and his two sons Bruce and Sammy, GOP nominee for Congressional District 8 addresses supporters June 25 in Fort Lupton.
Latinos at the polls: Why your vote matters more than ever
BY ROSSANA LONGO BETTER ROSSANA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It is often said that the growth of the Latino vote in Colorado will be impactful, from the recent primary election to what will undoubtedly happen in the November presidential election.
Aurea Bolaños Perea, strategic communications director with COLOR, actively participated in the Latino Advocacy Day in March, where more than 400 social justice activists from various grassroots organizations met for three days. is interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Colorado Community Media: Can you give us an overview of the importance of the recent primaries and what we should pay attention to when talking about the in uence of the Latino vote?
Aurea Bolaños Perea: ank you once again for giving me the opportunity to talk about the civic power of Latinos in Colorado. It seems to me that lately, Latinos have had a signi cant in uence in recent federal and state elections and continue to outpace other ethnic groups in the growth of eligible voter populations in Colorado.
Many people in our communities, in organizations like COLOR, have recognized that the power of the Latino vote has always been there. Indeed, we care about the health
and well-being of our communities, and we care about safety for our children. We, as a nonpro t organization, support Latinos living a safe, healthy, and self-determined life for their reproductive futures. It is also important to note that Latinos care about access to abortion and abortion rights. What we are noticing right now in Colorado is that we have 17% of Latinos who could vote, and those are the speci c gures, but we also have many young people who want to vote in these elections.
CCM: Mexico recently showed up in its elections, wanting to make a change, and they voted for a woman for president. In recent years here in the U.S., Latinos have made changes, such as obtaining drivers licenses without a Social Security Number, for example, and have fought for rights for people to have work permits in the elds, among others. Do you think this is the moment for Latino youth to make urgent changes due to the global situation? How has the Latino force made the necessary changes for themselves and others?
Bolaños Perea: More than anything, once again, people think that Latinos do not care about going out to vote and that we are not a group passionate about civic and political power, but the truth is that we are because the personal is political for us. We ght for the right to have
work permits, to get licenses, to have rights in our workplaces.
I am also thinking about one of the programs that COLOR initiated, which is the reproductive health program that ensures that people, even if they do not have citizenship or documentation, have access to up to one year of contraceptive methods.
We also know that the right to take care of our bodies and our reproductive health is imperative.
It has taken decades, but in these decades, we have reached a point where I also trust in my future because my community recognizes what is at stake if we do not come out to vote.
CCM: Right now, there are many eyes on Colorado because of the Latino vote. Why is the Latino vote so crucial and decisive for the November elections?
Bolaños Perea: e June and November elections are both important because each one is another stage and goal.
What’s next, right? So we have heard from several people saying they will wait until November because that is the one that really matters, but there are several races and elections at stake in this primary, both at the congressional and local levels. It is important that we come out to vote in June because this is Colorado’s voice.
Whether they are special or mu-
nicipal elections, that is how we take care of democracy — by voting
CCM: What is on this ballot that is so important and urgent that we cannot miss it?
Bolaños Perea: On this ballot, there is a constitutional amendment. is proposal we are putting forth with COLOR and our partners at COBAL Advocates is to en-
Aurea Bolaños Perea, strategic communications director with Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights COLOR Latina. COURTESY PHOTO
Celebrating Independence Day
Local events, festivals and fireworks displays
July 4
Northglenn July 4th Festival and Fireworks, noon to 9:30 p.m. E.B.Rains Jr. Memorial Park, 11800 Community Center Dr. Activities include a car show, inatable bounce houses and an obstacle course, community booths, food vendors and a beer garden. Rotary Duck Derby races are at 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. and concerts throughout the day, featuring Brass Attack at 2:30 p.m., Conjunto Colores at 4:45 p.m. and Hot Lunch at 7:30 p.m. Fireworks are scheduled between 9-9:30 p.m. depending on the weather.
4th of July in ornton, noon to 10 p.m.
Carpenter Park Fields, 11000 Colorado Blvd.
e event o ers food, a beer garden and two stages for live music.
e City Stage on the east end of the elds features Delta Sonics from noon to 1:30 p;m., Phat Daddy from 3-4 p.m. and HomeSlice from 5:30-7 p.m. e Main Stage on the west end of the elds features the ornton Community Band from 1:30-3 p.m., Paizley Park Band from 4-5:30 p.m. and Kory Brunson form 7:30-9:30 p.m.
e event culminates in parachutists at 9:30 p.m., followed by the Red, White and BOOM reworks show.
Uncle Sam Splash Bash, 1-3 p.m.
Countryside Outdoor Pool, 10470 Oak St.
Food and activities, including a $200 quarter drop. General admission of $6 for residents and $8 for non-residents applies. Fees for 17-years-old and younger and 60 and older are $5 for residents, $7 for non residents. Ages seven and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
Westminster 4th of July Celebration, 4-10 p.m.
Westminster City Park, 10455 Sheridan Blvd.
Activities, food, beer, vendors and live music featuring Kentucky Straight begins at 4 p.m. followed by at Eighties Band at 7 p.m. culminating with a reworks display.
Commerce City 4th Fest, 5-10 p.m.
Dicks Sporting Good Park, 6000 Victory Way
Commerce City’s annual Independence Day celebration is a partnership with the Colorado Rapids. It includes a free festival outside Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, a Col-
The view of Adams County’s Riverdale Regional Park July 1 for Adams County’s Stars and Stripes celebration, looking from farther north along Riverdale Road. Rain earlier in the evening cleared up just in time or the county’s fireworks display to go o with out a delay.
orado Rapids match, and one of the largest public reworks show.
e Rapids are scheduled to play Sporting Kansas City at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the game are on sale, but the festival and other events are free of charge.
e Rapids are hosting a block party along the southside of the stadium with a live DJ, food trucks and an LED wall streaming coverage of the game inside.
Brighton Fourth of July Celebration, Carmichael Park, 650 S. Southern St.
e event will include a live DJ and a concert featuring Soul School at 7 p.m. e city’s bubble tower will be on hand and there will free face painting for the kids, food trucks the city’s reworks display.
July 6
Fort Lupton Independence Day Festival: America’s Birthday Bash, 3-7 p.m.
Community Park at the Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 201 S. Rollie Ave.
Enjoy an afternoon of fun for all ages featuring a Live concert from Soul Food Band, Dance Performances a Vendor Marketplace and Amusement Rides. Activities include a bungee trampoline, water walker balls, phantom’s revenge ride, trackless train and bounce houses. Food trucks, novelty ice cream and shaved ice will be on hand and charity beer garden is hosted by Miracle House in Fort Lupton.
Fireworks, from Coyote Creek Golf Course, are scheduled to begin at dusk.
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sure that people can access abortion care, regardless of the type of insurance they have, because right now in Colorado, we have a prohibition in our constitution where state funds cannot be used to pay for abortion care. To put it in numbers, an abortion costs between $500 and $700.
CCM: is is an important election for everyone. What other proposals do you think are particularly decisive?
Bolaños Perea: We also have a proposal with our partners at One Colorado, the state organization for LGBTQAI+ rights, to ensure we are protecting the right to marriage for same-sex couples. It is important to recognize that even if things are protected locally by the legislature, if they are not protected constitutionally in our state, we are at risk of los-
ing those rights. at is why we are seeing so many of these proposals, not just in Colorado but nationally, because this is truly how we continue to protect everyone’s rights.
CCM: In these elections, who are the representatives and people we should look at closely?
Bolaños Perea: I can speak about the races we are focused on because each person must make their own decisions about their vote. Providing education and information is the most important thing for me. One key race that our COLOR Action Fund is closely watching is Yadira Caraveo’s, our congresswoman in District 8. is is a new district that didn’t exist more than two years ago, and Dr. Caraveo is the only Latina elected at the federal level in Congress for the state of Colorado, which is quite historic.
CCM: I’d love for you to tell me how the Latino vote is mobilized and who mobilizes it. As you said, representation and in uences are crucial
for us Latinos. So, how is the Latino vote mobilized?
Bolaños Perea: Honestly, the way I’ve seen the Latino vote mobilized is rst through having these kinds of discussions within our community with people we trust and also with organizations like ours, COLOR, on the nonpro t side. We create opportunities for you to advocate and learn about your rights, right?
CCM: Finally, what is at stake if Latinos do not vote in the primaries and then in November?
Bolaños Perea: Wow, what is at stake? Honestly, the future of our democracy, right? at’s what’s at stake. What’s at stake is having a free and secure vote. Having a future where we care for the rights of immigrants is at stake. Also at stake are elections where we feel that our ideologies, what matters to us, our issues, are highlighted and taken into account? In June, you vote to let the state government and the national level know what you want to see in
November. Do not let others make that decision for you. So please, go out and vote. And if you cannot vote, organize with organizations like ours, where we empower others to go out and have these conversations in the community, because that’s also how we take care of democracy. e Latino vote is extremely important, extremely critical, but it is also critical for the well-being of our democracy for the next generation.
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EVANS
e state party said they decided to endorse Joshi due to “his higher likelihood of defeating the incumbent Democrat in the general election,” according to the political website Ballotpedia. e Republican GOP said Evans’ refusal to complete their questionnaire for eligible candidates also led to their endorsement of Joshi.
Joshi has not returned requests for a comment on the election.
Joshi, besides serving in the State
House, lists his professional experience as owning a medical clinic and dialysis centers, according to Ballotpedia.
“I am the only candidate in this race with a proven conservative record to show that actions speak louder than words,” Yoshi said in his Ballotpedia excerpt.
Joshi, who immigrated to the United States from India more than 50 years ago, is a former physician who voluntarily surrendered his medical license in 2008, a year after the state suspended his license following an admission to “unprofessional conduct” in the care of a 76-year-old patient, according to Colorado Politics.
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Republican Congressional Candidate Gabe Evans chats with supporters June 25 while waiting for primary voting results. Evans won the GOP nomination and will face Democrat District 8 incumbent Yadira Caraveo.
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Engineers have drawn basic maps of the entire project and they presented those at an open house meeting Nov. 29 at ornton’s Carpenter Park Recreation Center.
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ose designs show the basic layout of the road expansion, complete with new intersections, bike lanes and sidewalks, but lack the minute details such as rights of way, utilities, road grades and more. Engineers then said that with full funding, the project could get underway in 2025.
e new grants would also set aside $4.8 million to pay for design work for the reconstruction of the I-270 and Vasquez Boulevard cloverleaf interchange, implementing a new pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure in the area and enhancing the infrastructure through the interchange.
e plan would include two grade-separated pedestrian tunnels, ADA sidewalks and ramps, implementation of two water quality ponds on the western side of the interchange and new guardrails.
According to the press release the Department received almost $13 billion in requests for the money available this year.
Notice to Creditors
Public Notice
District Court, Adams County, State of Colorado Adams County Justice Center 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601 303-654-3227 or 303-654-3562
In the Matter of the Estate of: Ronald Charles Boggs, a/k/a Ronald C. Boggs and Ronald Boggs, Deceased Case Number:2024PR30434
NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.
To: All interested persons and unknown heirs who may have an interest in the Estate of Ronald Charles Boggs a/k/a Ronald C. Boggs and Ronald Boggs, Deceased.
A NOTICE OF HEARING WITHOUT APPEARANCE PURSUANT TO C.R.P.P. 24 on the PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE and the (PROPOSED) ORDER OF INTESTACY, DETERMINATION OF HEIRS AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:
Date: July 25, 2024
Time: 8:00 am
Address: District Court, Adams County, State of Colorado Adams County Justice Center 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601
The hearing will take approximately 30 minutes
Howard Boggs c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC
4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 960
Denver, CO 80246
Legal Notice No. CCX1358
First Publication: June 20, 2024
Last Publication: July 4, 2024
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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Orval Arthur Lewis, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 167
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 21, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Robert A. Lewis
Personal Representative 2591 W 110th Ave Westminster, CO 80234
Legal Notice No. CCX1356
First Publication: June 20, 2024 Last Publication: July 4, 2024
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Marcella Mae Schwartz, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 211
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 20, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Patty Jo Lamb
Personal Representative 6970 Jasmine St Commcerce City, CO 80022
Legal Notice No. CCX1357
First Publication: June 20, 2024 Last Publication: July 4, 2024
