Real estate lawsuit settlement upends decades-long policies that helped set realtor commissions – KGO-TV

SAN FRANCISCO — 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 have forced people to pay artificially inflated costs to sell their homes. Under the terms of the agreement announced Friday, the National Association of Realtors also agreed to pay… Read More

Real estate lawsuit settlement upends decades-long policies that helped set realtor commissions – WABC-TV

SAN FRANCISCO — 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 have forced people to pay artificially inflated costs to sell their homes. Under the terms of the agreement announced Friday, the National Association of Realtors also agreed to pay… Read More

Bay Area real estate: Class teaches people how to leave SF area – The San Francisco Standard

Another class attendee and ex-San Jose resident, Christine Howes, said she took the class in 2021 after her sister-in-law spotted it and asked her if she would take it with her. Howes, who works as a pediatric nurse, says she and her husband both grew up in the Bay Area. But the couple grew tired of their busy lifestyles, commutes… Read More