Senate Democrats are rolling out a proposal to curtail tax breaks to deter major real estate investors from buying up homes in the market, as President Donald Trump seeks congressional support for... Read more »
A legal filing submitted last week requests a number of communications between Zillow and Redfin employees related to the firms’ rental syndication agreement. It looks like portals Zillow and Redfin will have... Read more »
A Friday-morning news report suggesting that the Trump administration is exploring an antitrust probe into U.S. homebuilders landed with its intended shock value. The implication? Washington, having rattled its saber, may be... Read more »
According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Bloomberg, antitrust enforcers at the Department of Justice (DOJ) wanted to investigate Compass’s recently closed acquisition of Anywhere, but they were blocked by senior... Read more »
“The Court accepts as true all of the well-pleaded facts in the Complaint and draws all reasonable inferences in favor of Plaintiffs.” So said U.S. District Judge Franklin Valderrama on 12.4.2025. According... Read more »
In response, NWMLS has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, claimed that it has “no duty to deal” with Compass, and it most recently indicated that it “intends to assert counterclaims,”... Read more »
“This case presents another opportunity for a court to assess purportedly anticompetitive agreements infecting the real-estate industry,” the filing states. For the first 11 months of this second Trump administration it appeared... Read more »
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is facing yet another lawsuit related to its three-way membership agreement, which requires Realtors to join their local, state and national associations in order to obtain... Read more »
When it comes to what a possible Kamala Harris or Donald Trump victory in the presidential election means for the future of antitrust enforcement in the real estate space, lawyer and industry... Read more »
The National Association of Realtors (NAR)is pushing back against the antitrust lawsuit filed against it and other Realtor associations in Michigan by three industry professionals. On Friday, the defendants in the suit... Read more »