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  2. Real estate lawsuit settlement upends decades-long policies ...

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    March 15, 2024 at 2:57 PM. A powerful real estate trade group has agreed to do away with policies that for decades helped set agent commissions, moving to resolve lawsuits that claim the rules ...

  3. The future of real estate commissions post-Realtor settlement

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    On the other hand, real estate sales is a relatively easy business to get into, as evidenced by NAR’s membership rolls of more than 1.5 million agents. To earn a real estate license, an agent ...

  4. Realtor lawsuit settlement unburdens home sellers from ... - AOL

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    The settlement reached by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) over real estate agent commissions could end up hurting an already beleaguered group: homebuyers.. The $418 million deal ...

  5. Tax withholding - Wikipedia

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    e. Tax withholding, also known as tax retention, pay-as-you-earn tax or tax deduction at source, is income tax paid to the government by the payer of the income rather than by the recipient of the income. The tax is thus withheld or deducted from the income due to the recipient. In most jurisdictions, tax withholding applies to employment ...

  6. Americans pay $100 billion in real estate commissions but get ...

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    The lawsuit (and two others) could lead to a 30% reduction in the $100 billion that Americans pay each year in real-estate commissions, said Ryan Tomasello, a real-estate industry analyst with ...

  7. How do real estate agent fees and commissions work? - AOL

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    A 5 percent real estate commission on that price would come to $12,500. But in San Francisco, where the median was a considerably higher $1.37 million, a 5 percent commission would come to $68,500.

  8. The hefty commissions home sellers pay to real estate agents ...

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    The long tradition of home sellers footing the commissions of their buyers’ real estate agents may soon be a thing of the past. A recent multibillion-dollar class-action verdict in Missouri ...

  9. Real estate industry facing pushback to longstanding rules ...

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    A series of court challenges seek to upend longstanding real estate industry practices that determine the commissions agents receive on the sale of a home — and who foots the bill. A federal ...