It was hailed as an “earthquake” for how homes would be bought and sold in America, and a shift that would unleash “total confusion” in the real estate industry. But as the first spring homebuying ...

Homebuyers are now required to sign a buyer-broker representation agreement before working with a real estate agent. Photo courtesy Getty Images. The process of selling a home significantly changed on ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - New rules issued by the National Association of Realtors require home buyers to enter buyer agreements with real estate agents before visiting houses with them. Sellers also are ...

(CNN) — Last summer, rule changes from the National Association of Realtors, the powerful real estate trade organization, threatened to upend the way Americans buy and sell homes. Some experts ...

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Few events in recent real estate history have rattled the industry more than the antitrust lawsuits filed against major brokerages and the National Association of Realtors (NAR), accusing them of ...

Corrections & Clarifications: The story has been updated throughout to include, correct and clarify nuances of the industry and to correct an error. The National ...

A year after the NAR settlement upended how homes are bought and sold, some people are ditching traditional real-estate agents "The old, traditional way is dead," one home buyer told MarketWatch.

Under new real estate commission rules, it is now clear that home sellers have a wide range of choices when deciding how to sell their property. Photo courtesy Getty Images. The process of selling a ...