Next week’s long-anticipated Sitzer/Burnett commission trial is only the most immediate threat to real estate’s most powerful trade organization as it navigates a series of existential challenges. Continue reading
Pocket listings are positively overflowing nearly four years after the National Association of Realtors enacted its controversial Clear Cooperation policy to end them, a new Intel analysis shows. Continue reading
Top Agent Network’s case against the National Association of Realtors’ Clear Cooperation Policy will move forward after the Ninth Circuit court ruled to overturn a lower court ruling on Monday. Continue reading
The antitrust enforcer will get 5 minutes at oral arguments in Top Agent Network’s appeal to overturn a lower court ruling tossing its case against NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy. Continue reading
In an amicus brief filed Monday the antitrust enforcer argues that a lower court incorrectly tossed a case filed by Top Agent Network over the National Association of Realtors’ pocket listing policy. Continue reading
Top Agent Network’s appeal alleges the Clear Cooperation Policy’s goal is to safeguard NAR’s business model, which relies on dues revenue from nearly 1.6 million agents and brokers. Continue reading
A new class of tech company is responding to the home inventory shortage by taking sellers to the edge of the MLS — and sometimes beyond — with off-market appeals and more. Continue reading
The National Association of Realtors’ legal team says members can help the trade group fight its antitrust war while the association fends off the DOJ, REX and various commission lawsuits. Continue reading
Lower court suggested TAN was the wrong plaintiff to bring suit because its business model is itself allegedly anticompetitive, but TAN says the court’s order was “erroneous.” Continue reading
Judge voiced concerns that the Clear Cooperation Policy could have anticompetitive effects, but suggested TAN was the wrong plaintiff to bring suit. Continue reading