Tag: Real Estate
Realtors Want SCOTUS To Overturn US Antitrust Ruling
On Monday an association of American realtors asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a US appeals court ruling that has revived the challenge...
Lodge: Old and New Questions About the Analysis of Cartels in...
By Dr Mark Berry1
I. Introduction
Cartel cases under Part 2 of the Commerce Act 1986 (NZ) (“the Act”)2 have, not surprisingly, dominated the restrictive trade...
How to Make the Market for Real Estate Agents More Competitive
By: Sophia Gilbukh, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham & Michael Sinkinson (ProMarket)
When you go to a used car dealership, you know that the salespeople selling you a...
Austin Real Estate Firm Files Antitrust Suit Against Zillow
A battery of former aides to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is behind an antitrust lawsuit against Zillow, reported Axios.
Zillow is the go-to site...
Two Kentucky Real Estate Professionals Indicted For Bid Rigging
A federal grand jury in the Western District of Kentucky returned an indictment charging two Kentucky real estate professionals with conspiring to rig bids...
New Zealand: Company to be prosecuted for real estate bid rigging
According to a report in the South China Morning Post, A company owned by New Zealand property tycoon Ron Hoy Fong is facing prosecution...
US: Real estate brokerage industry faces antitrust suit
US antitrust officials are investigating potentially anti-competitive practices in the residential real estate brokerage business, with a focus on compensation to brokers and restrictions...
US: Three men indicted in online real estate bid rigging investigation
A federal grand jury in West Palm Beach returned an indictment yesterday against three high-volume Florida real estate investors for conspiring to rig bids...
US: FTC denies Louisiana request to pause appraisals complaint
After the state of Louisiana asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week to pause its legal action concerning the state’s appraisal laws, the...
Jul-08(1)
In this issue:
Antitrust Policy and Real Estate Markets
Richard Epstein, Jul 10, 2008
Multiple Listing Arrangements in Residential Real Estate Transactions: An Antitrust Analysis
Let me start...