In a Friday brief, the Department of Justice argued the National Association of Realtors’ pocket listing and commission rules need “to be assessed on their merits” on whether they cost American homebuyers billions of dollars a year.
Source: Inman News
‘It’s well past time’: DOJ urges court to overturn NAR commission ruling
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