A group of major real estate brokers failed to defeat all claims from a proposed class of homebuyers, allowing some of their allegations of anticompetitive practices in the residential real estate market to continue.
The ruling comes as other large real estate companies have settled similar claims that they conspired with the National Association of Realtors and others to fix real estate broker commissions and inflate home prices. Keller Williams Realty LLC agreed to pay $20 million to settle such claims in a class lawsuit from homebuyers in February.
Some of the homeowners’ antitrust and consumer protection claims under state ...
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