Nearly $700M Of Settlements In Real Estate Commissions Case Granted Final Approval

( December 2, 2024, 9:51 AM EST) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal judge in Missouri on Nov. 27 granted final approval of nearly $700 million in settlements by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) and others in a real estate commission class lawsuit accusing NAR and real estate franchises of conspiring to artificially inflate the cost of commissions in residential real estate transactions....