Landmark US settlement could impact Canadian housing market
A substantial settlement recently announced by a US group representing more than one million Realtors has real estate experts hopeful Canadian home sellers could soon get a better deal.
Last week, the US-based National Association of Realtors (NAR) agreed to pay $418 million US to end legal claims from home sellers that alleged the group artificially inflated real estate commissions.
The NAR, which denied any wrongdoing in the case, it has also been agreed to eliminate the standard six per cent sales commission and do away with other commission rules.
The landmark settlement in the US is playing out at
