National Association of Realtors anti-trust case to be reopened

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) will become the subject of a Justice Department case reopening that focuses on home sale commissions.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned a lower-court ruling from 2023 from the Justice Department’s request for more information from NAR. This decision gives the Justice Department the all-clear to investigate the matter further.

Justice Department to reopen case

The Justice Department has filed amicus briefs and statements of interest that the “United States enforces the federal antitrust laws and has a significant interest in preventing anticompetitive conduct in the real estate industry.

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