In March 2024, after the National Association of Realtors (NAR) agreed to a landmark $418 million class action settlement, home sellers expected they would soon pay far less in real estate commissions ...

It was hailed as an “earthquake” for how homes would be bought and sold in America, and a shift that would unleash “total confusion” in the real estate industry. But as the first spring homebuying ...

In this Sunday edition of BI Today, we're talking about how new rules are shaking up the home-search process.

Few events in recent real estate history have rattled the industry more than the antitrust lawsuits filed against major brokerages and the National Association of Realtors (NAR), accusing them of ...

A year after the NAR settlement upended how homes are bought and sold, some people are ditching traditional real-estate agents "The old, traditional way is dead," one home buyer told MarketWatch.

One year after a landmark settlement upended real estate commissions, the process of buying a house has become a little cheaper for some savvy buyers.

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Corrections & Clarifications: The story has been updated throughout to include, correct and clarify nuances of the industry and to correct an error. The National ...