If you bought an MLS-listed home in the U.S., this buy-side settlement could eventually pay you — here is who is covered and why there is no claim form to file yet.
What Is This About?
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has agreed to pay $52.25 million to resolve nationwide homebuyer commission claims in Tuccori et al. v. At World Properties, LLC et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-00150, pending before Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The case, originally filed in January 2024 against At World Properties — the parent of the @properties and Christie's International Real Estate brokerage brands — alleges that real estate brokerages, franchisors, and industry players conspired to fix and inflate broker commissions in violation of the Sherman Act, with those costs ultimately passed through to home buyers in the form of higher home prices.This is the buy-side mirror of the seller-focused commission cases that reshaped the real estate industry in 2024. NAR was not actually named as a defendant in Tuccori, but it elected to join the settlement through a first-of-its-kind court-approved opt-in process to secure a comprehensive resolution of homebuyer claims and a release for its members. On May 26, 2026, the court granted preliminary approval to the opt-in settlements — roughly $106 million in total — bringing the global fund to about $120.3 million across 26 settling parties.
Who Settled, and for How Much
Eleven defendants reached the original settlements that won preliminary approval on October 16, 2025: At World Properties, Baird & Warner, Real Estate One, Silvercreek Realty Group, Equity Real Estate, NextHome, Realty Executives International, Shorewest Realtors, Side, and Engel & Völkers (two entities). That order opened a 180-day opt-in window — ending April 13, 2026 — during which other brokerages, franchisors, and real estate companies could opt in to the deal and buy peace on the homebuyer claims. The opt-in settlements preliminarily approved on May 26, 2026 include NAR ($52.25 million), HomeServices of America ($30 million), Hanna Holdings ($8.25 million), Compass ($7.33 million), eXp World Holdings ($4.34 million), and Douglas Elliman ($2.04 million). HomeSmart International, Fathom Realty, Anywhere Real Estate, Realty ONE Group, United Real Estate, and The Real Brokerage are also among the settling parties.NAR's payments will be spread over multiple years, with the bulk coming after June 2028 — its final payment under the 2024 Sitzer/Burnett seller settlement is due in February 2028. The Tuccori deal requires no new business-practice changes beyond those NAR already adopted in that earlier settlement, such as removing buyer-agent compensation offers from the MLS and requiring written buyer agreements.
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Buyers vs. Sellers — How Tuccori Fits the Commission Litigation
The headline-grabbing 2024 settlements — NAR's $418 million Sitzer/Burnett deal and the related Moehrl and Gibson cases, plus the $980 million in combined real estate commission funds we covered — compensated home sellers, who paid the commissions directly at closing. Those seller claims closed on May 9, 2025, and distribution is still pending. Tuccori covers the other side of the transaction: a nationwide class of homebuyers who purchased a home listed on a multiple listing service (MLS) in the United States where a commission was paid to any brokerage in connection with the transaction. The theory is that inflated commissions were baked into the prices buyers paid.The official settlement site spells out a state-tiered Class Period, each tier running to the date of Class Notice: purchases from December 8, 2017 in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming; from December 8, 2018 in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri; and from December 8, 2019 everywhere else in the United States. One key carve-out: anyone who already released claims against a particular settling defendant through the seller-side settlements in Burnett, Gibson, or Keel is excluded — but only as to that defendant. The settlement expressly covers the homebuyer claims those seller-side deals left unresolved.
A separate buyer-side case, Batton v. NAR, produced its own settlements with RE/MAX and Keller Williams — and unlike Tuccori, that one already has an open claim form. If you bought an MLS-listed home, you may be able to file now in the $28.5 million RE/MAX and Keller Williams home buyer settlement (claim deadline August 25, 2026). Objectors from the Batton case have pushed back on parts of the Tuccori deal, and the court will weigh those objections at the final approval stage.
Can I File a Claim?
Update, August 17, 2026: the claims process has since opened. Claims are due October 27, 2026, and the final approval hearing is set for November 2, 2026. See our full guide to the NAR homebuyer antitrust settlement for the class periods by state, what documentation the claim form asks for, and how to file. The rest of this section describes where the case stood in June 2026.Not yet — but a claim form is coming. There is currently no claim form, no claim deadline, and no scheduled final approval hearing, and the buyer class here is enormous, so scam "claim" sites tend to appear around settlements like this. Preliminary approval means the court has signed off on the settlements' basic terms; class notice, a claims process, and a final fairness hearing all still have to happen before any money moves. The official settlement website is Homebuyer Antitrust Settlement — that is where the court-approved notice, class definition details, and any future claim form will appear. Now that the court has ruled on the opt-in agreements, Settlement Class Counsel — Freed Kanner London & Millen and McGuire Law — must file a Notice Motion laying out the form and dates of class notice and the procedure for submitting claims. That motion is due no later than 45 days after the May 26, 2026 preliminary approval order — roughly July 10, 2026. The settlement agreement also directs the administrator, Epiq, to build an electronic claim submission module on the settlement website. Put together, the claim process could open as early as late June or July 2026, with July–August 2026 a reasonable estimate if there are no major delays.
Do not pay anyone to "register" you for this settlement, and do not enter personal information on sites other than the official one. We will update this page when a claims process opens.
What Happens Next
First comes the Notice Motion (due by about July 10, 2026), then the court approves a notice plan and Epiq opens the claims process. After class members have had time to file claims, opt out, or object, the court will schedule and hold a final approval hearing — the May 26 order says the hearing will be set in the court's ruling on the Notice Motion — where Judge Jenkins will decide whether the settlements are fair, reasonable, and adequate, including ruling on the Batton objectors' challenges. If final approval is granted, a notice campaign and claims process follow, and payments would be distributed after that, with NAR's contributions arriving over several years mostly after June 2028. The litigation continues against any non-settling companies, so the fund could still grow.Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a claim form for the Tuccori homebuyer commission settlement?
Yes. The claims process opened in August 2026, after this article was first published. Claims are due October 27, 2026, the deadline to opt out or object is September 17, 2026, and the final approval hearing is set for November 2, 2026. Claims are filed through the official Homebuyer Antitrust Settlement website run by the administrator, Epiq; be wary of unofficial sites asking for personal information.
Who is covered by the Tuccori homebuyer settlement?
The settlement covers a nationwide class of homebuyers who purchased a home listed on a multiple listing service (MLS) anywhere in the United States where a commission was paid to any brokerage in connection with the transaction during the Class Period. The Class Period is state-tiered and runs to the date of Class Notice: from December 8, 2017 in twelve states including Michigan, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; from December 8, 2018 in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri; and from December 8, 2019 everywhere else.
How much is the Tuccori settlement fund?
Roughly $120.3 million across 26 settling parties as of mid-2026. That includes the original October 2025 settlements plus opt-in deals preliminarily approved on May 26, 2026 — NAR ($52.25 million), HomeServices of America ($30 million), Hanna Holdings ($8.25 million), Compass ($7.33 million), eXp World Holdings ($4.34 million), and Douglas Elliman ($2.04 million), among others.
How is Tuccori different from the Burnett / Sitzer seller settlements?
The 2024 Sitzer/Burnett and Moehrl settlements, including NAR's $418 million deal, compensated home SELLERS who paid inflated commissions. Tuccori is the buy-side complement: it resolves claims that home BUYERS ultimately bore inflated commission costs baked into home prices. The seller-side claim deadline passed May 9, 2025; Tuccori is for buyers.
When could homebuyers get paid in the Tuccori settlement?
Claims opened in August 2026 and are due October 27, 2026, but payments come later: the court must approve the notice plan, let class members file claims or object, and hold a final approval hearing. NAR's payments are also spread over multiple years, with the bulk coming after June 2028, once its Sitzer/Burnett payments finish in February 2028. We will update this page when claims open.
Settlement Agreement
The full settlement agreement runs about 76 pages. You can read it here: Tuccori Homebuyer Antitrust Settlement Agreement (PDF).Sources
- Homebuyer Antitrust Settlement — Official Settlement Website
- NAR Newsroom — NAR Reaches Agreement to Resolve Nationwide Homebuyer Claims in Tuccori v. At World Properties
- NAR — FAQ: Settlement Agreement to Resolve Homebuyer Claims in Tuccori
- CourtListener — Tuccori v. At World Properties, LLC, No. 1:24-cv-00150 (N.D. Ill.)
- Inman — NAR Reaches $52.25M Settlement in Buy-Side Commission Case
- Real Estate News — Opt-In Deals Totaling $106M Approved in Tuccori
- HousingWire — NAR Settles Tuccori Homebuyer Commission Case for $52.25M
