The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced that it will be “opting-in” to the master settlement of Tuccori et al. v. At World Properties et al., a 2024 antitrust class action centered on buyer-agent commissions.
The plaintiffs alleged that NAR “promulgated anticompetitive rules designed to keep brokers’ commissions artificially elevated, and that the defendants and their co-conspirators adopted, implemented, and enforced those unlawful restraints in residential real estate transactions.”
At the time of the initial motion for preliminary approval in December 2025, the settling defendants agreed to contribute a total of over $3.2 million to the settlement fund.
NAR, the most recent party to opt-in to the settlement, pending court approval, has agreed to pay $52.25 million into the fund and to continue compliance with the practice changes in the Sitzer-Burnett settlement.
For more information on the history of the case, the allegations and the settlement agreement, be sure to look for additional updates from RESPA News.
For more stories about the NAR settlement's impact on the industry, view NAR Settlement Resources here.
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