A New Jersey Superior Court judge has dismissed lawsuits from a coalition of state municipalities seeking to overturn a new affordable housing law — dealing a major setback to opponents of the policy. Assignment Judge Robert Lougy on Tuesday rejected two suits filed by the Local Leaders for Responsible Planning, a group led by Montvale, […]
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Despite rumors earlier this year that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was investigating Zillow and Redfin over their $100 million rental syndication deal, the announcement that the FTC was suing the two companies still carried an element of surprise. “This shows that the Federal government is still looking hard at the realty space,” Chuck Cain,
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CrossCountry Mortgage has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the lender engaged in an illegal kickback arrangement with a Raleigh real estate firm. Homebuyer Jeremiah VonBlohn, who filed suit at the end of July, claims his agent at Raleigh Realty directed him to CrossCountry in 2022 under a co-marketing agreement that gave
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Zillow and Redfin are facing yet another lawsuit related to their multifamily rental syndication deal. On Wednesday, attorneys general in Virginia, Arizona, New York, Connecticut and Washington filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, that makes claims identical to those alleged by the the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its lawsuit filed
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing Zillow and Redfin over their rental syndication agreement. In a complaint filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, the FTC claims that the two firms conspired to eliminate competition in the rental listing space and that their syndication agreement — under which Zillow paid Redfin
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Almost five years have passed since the original Batton homebuyer commission lawsuit was filed, and the plaintiffs are finally asking for certification of their proposed class. Filed in U.S. District Court in Illinois, the lawsuit alleges that the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Anywhere, Keller Williams and RE/MAX all took part in a “decades-long, nationwide
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Almost five years have passed since the original Batton homebuyer commission lawsuit was filed, and the plaintiffs are finally asking for certification of their proposed class. Filed in U.S. District Court in Illinois, the lawsuit alleges that the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Anywhere, Keller Williams and RE/MAX all took part in a “decades-long, nationwide
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In a public update on its ongoing copyright infringement legal battle with Zillow, CoStar Group is claiming that the listing portal giant is continuing to infringe on CoStar’s intellectual property by displaying CoStar owned images on its site. Filed in late July, CoStar’s lawsuit accuses Zillow of “rampant” copyright infringement of listing photos. The complaint
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In a public update on its ongoing copyright infringement legal battle with Zillow, CoStar Group is claiming that the listing portal giant is continuing to infringe on CoStar’s intellectual property by displaying CoStar owned images on its site. Filed in late July, CoStar’s lawsuit accuses Zillow of “rampant” copyright infringement of listing photos. The complaint
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The objection deadline in the final approval process for commission lawsuit settlements reached by eXp World Holdings and Weichert Realtors in the Hooper commission lawsuit brought out several familiar names for those who have closely followed the commission lawsuit saga. On Friday, the Gibson home seller commission lawsuit plaintiffs, Don Gibson, Jeremy Keel and Daniel
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