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Agent commissions are getting more transparent — but critics still say the real estate industry operates as a ‘cartel’
When the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and major brokers last year lost a federal antitrust suit, the verdict unleashed new scrutiny of the industry and its practices. With new commission rules set to go into effect in August as a result of the …