Watchdog: Beef up referral fee disclosure or prepare for lawsuits

A report released on Tuesday by the Consumer Policy Center suggested lawsuits will follow if brokerages, real estate portals and regulators don’t step in and add transparency first. Continue reading

California Association of Realtors leans into referral fee transparency

CAR issued a statement broadly in support of referral fee disclosure just days after NAR voted against expanding disclosure requirements. Continue reading

Play it straight or fold: Realtors reject referral fee transparency

Compliance expert Summer Goralik examines the Delegate Body’s surprising vote against referral-fee disclosure at the National Association of Realtors’ NXT conference in Houston. Continue reading