Moehrl v. The National Association of Realtors

  1. September 05, 2024

    Ill. Judge Exits Home Sellers' Broker Fees Antitrust Suit

    An Illinois federal judge has recused herself from a certified and settled class action that accused the National Association of Realtors and multiple major brokerages of conspiring to charge artificially inflated broker commissions for home sellers.

  2. April 23, 2024

    Realtors, Home Sellers Get OK For $418M Broker Rules Deal

    The National Association of Realtors and a nationwide class of home sellers on Tuesday scored a Missouri federal judge's initial approval of their $418 million settlement resolving claims that the trade group's broker commission rules caused home sellers across the country to pay inflated fees.

  3. March 26, 2024

    Deal Holdout HomeServices Can't Undo Sellers' Class Cert.

    A Missouri federal judge refused Tuesday to grant class decertification sought by HomeServices of America, the lone holdout still fighting a jury verdict that pushed the National Association of Realtors into a settlement overhauling rules that have effectively restricted how brokers buy and sell homes and how they're paid.

  4. March 22, 2024

    Home Sellers Hope $58M Compass Deal Helps Spur Others

    Compass Inc. announced Friday that it would pay home sellers $57.5 million in the first settlement since the National Association of Realtors reached its own deal this month to pay $418 million and overhaul rules that have effectively restricted how brokers buy and sell homes and how they're paid.

  5. March 15, 2024

    Realtors Cut $418M Deal, Agree To Make Broker Fee Changes

    The National Association of Realtors said Friday that it has reached a settlement to end claims that its broker commission rules caused home sellers across the country to pay inflated fees, agreeing to pay $418 million over four years and to implement changes to its rules.

  6. December 20, 2023

    NAR, Brokers Deny Conspiracy In Ill. Commission-Fixing Suit

    The National Association of Realtors and two residential real estate brokerages said Illinois plaintiffs lack evidence to support their claim that the firms engaged in a conspiracy to force home sellers to pay commissions to buyers' agents.

  7. November 20, 2023

    Re/Max, Anywhere Receive Initial OK For Antitrust Settlement

    A Missouri federal court gave its preliminary blessing Monday to a settlement of claims against Re/Max and Anywhere, two of the brokerages that are defendants in a nationwide class action over an alleged conspiracy to fix buyer-broker fees.

  8. October 10, 2023

    Broker Commission Practices Change In Antitrust Settlements

    The $138.5 million in antitrust settlements that home sellers reached with Realogy Holdings Corp. and Re/Max will also include injunctive relief requiring business-practice changes that aim to add more transparency around the existence and offering of broker commissions, according to the docket and a statement from one of the parties.

  9. September 18, 2023

    Re/Max Strikes Deal To End Missouri Antitrust Suit

    A Missouri federal judge stayed all claims and proceedings against Re/Max now that the realtor company and a group of homeowners reached a settlement in a case over antitrust claims.

  10. September 06, 2023

    Realogy Reaches Deal To Escape Commissions Class Actions

    Home sellers from two separate cases will settle with Realogy Holdings Corp., putting to rest claims that the brokerage was part of an allegedly anti-competitive scheme to inflate commissions.