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Real estate industry facing pushback to longstanding rules setting agent commissions on home sales

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A series of court challenges seek to end longstanding real estate industry practices that determine the commission agents receive on the sale of a home — and who foots the bill.

A federal jury in one of those cases on Tuesday ordered the National Association of Realtors along with some of the nation’s biggest real estate brokerages to pay almost $1.8 billion in damages, after finding they artificially inflated commissions paid to real estate agents.

The class-action lawsuit was filed in 2019 on behalf of 500,000 home sellers in Missouri and several border towns. The verdict stated that the defendants “conspired to require home sellers to pay the broker representing the buyer of their homes in violation of federal antitrust law.”

If treble damages — which allows plaintiffs to potentially receive up to three times actual or compensatory damages — are awarded, then the defendants may have to pay more than $5 billion.

“This matter is not close to being final as we will appeal the jury’s verdict,” Mantill Williams, a spokesman for the NAR, said in a statement. “In the interim, we will ask the court to reduce the damages awarded by the jury.”

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Real estate brokers weigh in at the end of commission rules

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Real Estate industry is changing. The National Association of Realtors announced on March 15 an anti-trust settlement of $418 million that’s ending rules on commission.

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The National Association of Realtors announced on March 15 an anti-trust settlement of $418 million

Until now, home sellers often paid about 6% of the sale price toward a fee that would be split between their own agent and the buyer’s agent

The new plan can leave realtor pay up in the air, depending on the contract

Sunny Alexander is the Owner and Broker for Red Sash Reality and one of more than one million members of the NAR is ready to adapt.

“Change is good,” he said. “It’s going to be rough learning the new normal.”

Alexander has been in the industry for nearly 20 years. He started his journey in Tennessee after serving in the Army. For the last six years, she’s shown homes in Tampa Bay.

She says she’s the voice of reason for her customers and tries to guide them to the best decisions.

“They either need to sell a house or they need to buy a house,” she said. “So

Home sellers can say goodbye to hefty 6% commissions under new real estate deal

As part of an agreement to settle a series of lawsuits over inflated real estate commissions, the National Association of Realtors said Friday that big changes are on the way.

The group says it will pay more than $418 million to settle the lawsuits. But much more significantly, industry experts say, the settlement will upend the real estate market and create more competition, which will lead to lower commissions.

The realtor group said it will eliminate a longstanding rule that mandated a non-negotiable commission be posted on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), its real estate database, which handles more than 90% of home sales. Currently, to list a home with MLS, the non-negotiable commission is typically between 5 and 6 percent.

By removing that rule, real estate commissions can be negotiated, which could lead to lower costs for home sellers.

Asked for comment, the National Association of Realtors referred NJ Advance Media to its statement.

“This would mean that offers of broker compensation could not be communicated via the MLS, but they could continue to be an option consumers can pursue off-MLS through negotiation and consultation with real estate professionals,” said Nykia Wright, the group’s interim CEO, in the statement.

How does the National Association of Realtors’ settlement affect you?

By Alicia Wallace, CNN

(CNN) — The National Association of Realtors’ recent $418 million settlement to end antitrust legal claims came with a bombshell: Decades-long rules and informal guidelines — especially those that made a 6% commission the norm — could be overhauled.

This proposed settlement is not only expected to fundamentally change how Americans buy and sell homes, but it could also transform the nation’s real estate industry, including the number of agents within the sector. Economists also predict that the process of buying a home could be cheaper; However, it could also mean more upfront costs — potentially making it harder on lower-income and first-time buyers.

Do you work in real estate, or do you have plans to buy or sell a home in the near future? We’d like to hear from you as to how this ruling and proposed changes could affect you.

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How a real estate industry shake-up could affect Idaho home buyers and sellers – LocalNews8.com

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – A big change could be coming to the national real estate industry potentially impacting the how homes are bought and sold.

Last year, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reached a settlement after losing a lawsuit involving the commission structure through which buyers’ agents receive their pay.

If this new settlement is approved by a federal court, here’s how things could change for people looking to buy or sell a home in Idaho.

The NAR’s current system

Under the current system, buyer agents can search through a list of homes for sale through the NAR’s multiple listing service (MLS).

It’s an online database that shows them the seller’s information, the home price, and most controversially, how much the buyer’s agent’s commission is. According to Associate Broker Jessica Cardon of the Murdock Manwaring Company, this actually does have some benefits.

“We incentivize to say, ‘Hey, if you bring a buyer, I’m willing to share as the listing agent,'” Cardon said. “The listing agent is taking a portion of the commission that they’ve negotiated with the seller and giving it to the cooperating broker.”

Cardon tells us realtors use this method as a marketing tool towards potential

Local realtors break down $418 Million National Association of Realtors settlement

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – A settlement announced by the National Association of Realtors to the tune of $418 million has sent waves through the real estate world.

The big storyline is if the settlement is approved by a federal court, what’s being called an industry standard 6% commission goes away.

However, speaking to some local Tri-State players, like ERA Broker Liz Miller, that 6% number isn’t necessarily as standard as it seems.

“Every buyer and seller definitely has the option to negotiate out their commission. The only thing that this settlement really does is basically give the seller and the buyer more disclosure on how that is done and when that is done,” says Miller, “so those changes are really more kind of behind-the-scenes so to speak .”

Another big talking point has been transparency.

Gretchen Muchnick, the co-owner of FC Tucker Emge, says the State of Indiana is actually ahead of the curve on the two main points brought on by the settlement thanks to some prior legislation.

“The one is that a buyer-agency agreement is in place. Governor Holcomb has already signed that into law effective July 1. So that’s not new news for us,” says Muchnick, “the

Iowa Association of Realtors leader says proposed national settlement is a good thing

A proposed settlement of a lawsuit by the National Association of Realtors with home sellers clarifying sale details has drawn a lot of attention. The President of the Iowa Association of Realtors Shaner Magalhaes said the settlement will provide more clarity to transactions.

For example, there has always been a required disclosure statement for the seller, and the settlement would now require one for the buyer. “To just make it absolutely clear when I sit down with the buyer. I say, Okay, let’s go over this form. Here’s my responsibility to you. Here’s what I expect out of you in the process. And here’s how the compensation will work,” he says.

Another issue in the settlement is the practice of the agents for the seller and buyer sharing the commission on a sale. Magalhaes says that this is done to bring in more potential buyers, and some reports have incorrectly said that the practice will go away. “And that is absolutely not part of the settlement whatsoever. The settlement doesn’t say that they can’t continue to do that, it just has to be completely transparent and disclosed about how that system works,” he says. Magalhaes says the settlement will not

Keller Williams agrees to pay $70 million to settle real estate agent commission lawsuits nationwide

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the nation’s largest real estate brokerages has agreed to pay $70 million as part of a proposed settlement to resolve more than a dozen lawsuits across the country over agent commissions.

The agreement, filed Thursday with federal courts overseeing lawsuits in Illinois and Missouri, also calls on Keller Williams Realty Inc. to take several steps aimed at providing homebuyers and sellers with more transparency over the commissions paid to real estate agents.

“We think it’s a tremendous victory for homeowners and homebuyers across the country,” said Michael Ketchmark, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuits.

The central claim put forth in the lawsuits is that the country’s biggest real estate brokerages engage in practices that unfairly force homeowners to pay artificially inflated agent commissions when they sell their homes.

In October, a federal jury in Missouri found that the National Association of Realtors and several large real estate brokerages, including Keller Williams, conspired to require that home sellers pay homebuyers’ agent commission in violation of federal antitrust law.

The jury ordered the defendants to pay almost $1.8 billion in damages. If treble damages — which allows plaintiffs to potentially receive up

Homebuying’s 6% commission is gone after Realtors settle lawsuit – Orange County Register

The 6% commission, a standard in home purchase transactions, is no more.

In a sweeping move expected to reduce the cost of buying and selling a home, the National Association of Realtors announced Friday a settlement with groups of homesellers, agreeing to end landmark antitrust lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and eliminating rules on commission.

The NAR, which represents more than 1 million Realtors, also agreed to put in place a set of new rules. One keeps homesellers from being forced to offer compensation to buyers’ brokers by prohibiting any requirement that agents must make offers of compensation on a multiple listing service where homes are given a wide viewing in a local market. Another new rule will require buyers’ brokers to enter into written agreements with their buyers.

The agreement will effectively destroy the current homebuying and selling business model, in which sellers pay both their broker and a buyer’s broker that critics say has driven housing prices artificially higher.

“While the settlement comes at a significant cost, we believe the benefits it will provide to our industry are worth that cost,” said Kevin Sears, president of the NAR, in a statement.

Also see: NAR faces competition

Major Realty Changes to Follow NAR Lawsuit

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) -The way homes are bought and sold and the commission compensation practices for Realtors will change significantly.

The evolution comes as a result of a settlement of a major lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors, the latest chapter of a blitz of suits regarding commissions paid to realty agents and related issues..

Under the terms of the agreement announced Friday, NAR will pay $418 million over four years.

“NAR has worked hard for years to resolve this litigation in a manner that benefits our members and American consumers. It has always been our goal to preserve consumer choice and protect our members to the greatest extent possible. This settlement achieves both of those goals,” said Nykia Wright, Interim CEO of NAR, which has about 1.5 million members.

The agreement will lead to new practices that will be implemented this summer.

The new rules include informing buyer’s agents how much they will be paid for bringing the buyer to the deal. The NAR has agreed not to place buyers agent compensation with the listing information on the MLS.

The new system is expected to lead to lower commission rates and more negotiations with Realtors about