<story><title>After a $1.8B verdict, the clock is ticking on the 6% realtor commission</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/05/homes/nar-verdict-real-estate-commission-fee/index.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ChrisArchitect</author><text>Some more discussion a few days ago: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=38156557&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=38156557&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>After a $1.8B verdict, the clock is ticking on the 6% realtor commission</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/05/homes/nar-verdict-real-estate-commission-fee/index.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>intrasight</author><text>I see this changing really fast. Real estate firms and individual real estate agents are not gonna want to get sued for hundreds of millions of dollars. They are going to be SUPER careful to avoid that. I foresee the quick dilution of the power of the realtor trademark. I foresee new real estate agents entering the market and not using the realtor trademark. I see those real estate agents using very different business models than what are use now. Lower percentages or fixed-price - but they&amp;#x27;ll find other ways to make money by being intermediaries with the other players in a transaction.&lt;p&gt;Whatever is our cost for this cartel, the cost of the MD cartel is at least 10x higher. So perspective is needed.</text></comment>