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Real estate brokerages accused of price-fixing questioned by US judge on need for buyer-broker fee rule

By Khushita Vasant
  • 20 Sep 2021 19:23
  • 20 Sep 2021 19:23
Re/Max, HomeServices of America and other real estate brokerages accused of price-fixing were questioned by a Massachusetts federal judge today on the need for the rule requiring sellers to offer a single, set commission to buyer-brokers.
"You all … basically believe that even if this rule didn't exist, the industry

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Khushita Vasant

Chief Antitrust Correspondent, US


Khushita covers US antitrust enforcement and litigation for MLex. A former Brussels hand, she wrote about about antitrust & mergers for the Policy and Regulatory Report (PaRR), she has covered the EU's actions against Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon to name a few. Khushita specialises in tech and patent policy coverage which featured in the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards. Previously as a financial journalist for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, she wrote about monetary policy and the bond and currency markets. Khushita studied journalism at Mumbai University, and received an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for a masters from universities in Germany and Austria.

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