Another lawsuit aimed at how real estate professionals earn their commissions was filed this week in Los Angeles. The new case was filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles by Gael Fierro and Patrick Thurber, two home sellers who named the National...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the residential brokerages that were found liable in October for a $1.8 billion verdict in the Missouri-based Sitzer/Burnett trial have asked a federal judge to either reject the verdict or grant a new trial. According to...
Two months after the verdict in the Sitzer/Burnett trial rocked the real estate profession, another lawsuit was filed in Missouri challenging the commission structures of real estate professionals. Maryland resident named Daniel Umpa filed a complaint in the U.S....
A corner of Warren Buffett’s business empire is being lassoed into the percolating controversy on real estate commissions. Reuters reported that Everest Consulting Group LP, an affiliate of Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) and Anywhere Real Estate...