Competition in the Real Estate Business
Real estate professionals are changing the way they do business: offering potential buyers the chance to view detailed property listings online, using websites to gather leads on potential customers, and using the Internet to match buyers and sellers. Some are changing the “menu” of services they're offering. More and more, consumers can choose among real estate professionals who do business on a “fee per service” basis and others who provide the full complement of services. Because buying a home is the single most important purchase many consumers will make, the Federal Trade Commission has enforced antitrust rules in the real estate business to make sure that increased competition continues to lead to more choices, better prices and stepped-up services for buyers and sellers. For instance, the Commission challenged a number of restrictive rules adopted by Multiple Listing Services (MLS) to keep low-cost and discount brokers off MLS listings and popular websites listing homes for sale.
- FTC Approves Final Order Prohibiting Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board from Fixing Prices for Appraisal Services in Louisiana ( )
- Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board Agrees to Settle FTC Charges that It Fixed Prices for Appraisal Services in Louisiana ( )
- Statement of Daniel Francis, Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, Regarding the Announcement That the Parties Have Abandoned CoStar Group Inc.’s Acquisition of RentPath Holdings, Inc. ( )
- FTC Sues to Block CoStar Group, Inc.’s Proposed Acquisition of Chief Competitor RentPath Holdings, Inc. ( )
- FTC Approves Final Order Adding Requirements to 2014 Order to Remedy CoreLogic Inc.’s Compliance Deficiencies ( )
- FTC, Department of Justice to Hold Workshop on Competition in Residential Real Estate Brokerage Industry ( )
- FTC Announces Agenda for June 5 Workshop on Competition in Residential Real Estate Brokerage to Be Held Jointly with the Department of Justice ( )
- FTC, Department of Justice to Hold Workshop on Competition in Real Estate Brokerage ( )
- FTC Office and Bureau Directors Comment on State Legislative Proposal Affecting Compensation for North Carolina Real Estate Appraisers ( )
- FTC Challenges Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board Regulations that Restrict Competition ( )
- FTC Launches New Website Dedicated to Economic Liberty ( )
- FTC Commissioner Ohlhausen Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Regarding Occupational Licensing and the State Action Doctrine ( )
- To Settle FTC Charges, Professional Associations of Property Managers and Vocal Arts Teachers Agree to Eliminate Rules that Restrict Competition among Their Members ( )
- FTC Testifies on How Professional Licensing and Regulation Can Affect Competition Before House Committee on Small Business ( )
- U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds FTC Order in RealComp Matter ( )
- FTC Approves Fidelity National Financials Proposal to Sell Rights to Michigan Title Plant Assets to Data Trace Information Services, Inc.; FTC Approves Agilent Technologies Application to Modify an Agreement Related to its Varian Acquisition ( )
- Fidelity National Financial Settles FTC Charges that its Acquisition of LandAmerica Subsidiaries Reduced Competition in Title Information Markets ( )
- Countrywide Will Pay $108 Million for Overcharging Struggling Homeowners; Loan Servicer Inflated Fees, Mishandled Loans of Borrowers in Bankruptcy ( )
- FTC Rules Michigan Realtors' Group Reduced Competition, Harmed Consumers by Restricting Access to Discount Realtors' Listings on its Multiple Listing Service and Public Web Sites ( )
- FTC Charges Pittsburgh-Area MLS With Illegally Restraining Competition ( )
- Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: "License To Compete: Occupational Licensing and the State Action Doctrine," Before the Subcommittee On Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, US Senate ( )
- Statement of Commissioner Ohlhausen, Commissioner Wright, and Commissioner McSweeny Concerning Zillow, Inc/Trulia, Inc ( )
- Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Competition and the Potential Costs and Benefits of Professional Licensure ( )
- Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Improving Consumer Protections In Subprime Lending ( )
- Improving Consumer Mortgage Disclosures: An Empirical Assessment of Current and Prototype Disclosure Forms: A Bureau of Economics Staff Report ( )
- Competition in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry: A Report by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice ( )
- The Residential Real Estate Brokerage Industry: The Butters Report ( )
- Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: "License To Compete: Occupational Licensing and the State Action Doctrine," Before the Subcommittee On Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, US Senate ( )
- Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Competition and the Potential Costs and Benefits of Professional Licensure ( )
- Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Improving Consumer Protections In Subprime Lending ( )
