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This lawsuit is about realtors acting against your interest (agency problem), and is not about you being forced to pay a particular commission. You can choose
by groundzeros2015 4mo ago
This lawsuit is about realtors acting against your interest (agency problem), and is not about you being forced to pay a particular commission.
You can choose your realtor. You can discuss with them.
This person just bought a 2m house!
- triceratops 4mo ago> not about you being forced to pay a particular commission It's literally in the first paragraph of the article. "At trial, a federal jury found that they violated antitrust law by conspiring to force home sellers to pay inflated commissions to real estate agents."
- pc86 4mo agoThe force applies to "inflated," e.g. they agreed to pay a fee but were forced to pay an inflated fee. Not they were forced to pay any fee at all.
- triceratops 4mo agoI don't understand the point of this clarification.
- pc86 4mo agoThere is a difference between "forced to pay a fee" and "forced to pay an inflated fee." The GP said it's not about being forced to pay a particular commission, which is the first one, which is accurate.
- triceratops 4mo agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585389 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585389 the thread started here where the commenter said "diabolical fee". In any case this is high pedantry.