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 Phil Hall Op-Ed: I just did a Google News search for the phrase “real estate” and I came up with a remarkable collection of headlines from major news outlets. These headlines and their sources included the following: “After a $1.8 billion verdict, the clock is...
A trade group enduring a surplus of grief, a central bank that stopped punishing the public and a billionaire’s adieu to the Pacific Northwest. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the hits and misses for the week of Oct. 30 to Nov. 3. Miss: NAR at a...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) was found guilty by a jury in Kansas City of artificially maintaining high commission rates through its Clear Cooperation Rule. The trade group, along with co-defendants HomeServices of America and Keller Williams, were...