New $42 Million Real Estate Broker Commissions Antitrust Class Action Settlement
By Steve Levine
Published: November 18, 2025
Settlement Amount: $42,787,500
Claim Form Deadline: December 30, 2025
Proof required: Yes
New $42M Real Estate Broker Commissions Antitrust Settlements?
You may be part of a new $42 Million open class action settlement has been reached with certain regionala and local real estate brokers over allegations that they may have engaged in inflated broker commissions on home prices, resulting in higher home prices.The real estate brokers in this new class action included are William Raveis, Howard Hanna, EXIT, Windermere, Lyon, Charles Rutenberg, My Home, Tierra Antigua, and West USA. Specifically, the allegations are that some real estate brokerages participated in an anticompetitive agreement that caused home sellers to pay inflated broker commissions on MLS listed home sales. The official class aciton settlement notice states that eligible home sellers may receive compensation if they sold a home during the qualifying period and submit a valid claim.
Who May Be Part of These Settlements?
According to the official real estate broker settlement notice, you may be part of the settlement class if all of the following are true:• You sold a home during the eligible date range for the state where the property was listed.
• You listed that home on a multiple listing service (MLS) anywhere in the United States. The term MLS includes MLS systems that are not affiliated with the National Association of Realtors, such as NWMLS, WPMLS, or REBNY/RLS.
• You paid a commission to any real estate brokerage in connection with the sale of the home.
You may be eligible for benefits from one or more of the settlements depending on where and when your home was sold.
How This Settlement Connects to the Earlier Real Estate Commission Settlements
This new settlement is part of the same nationwide series of real estate commission lawsuits that already led to earlier deals with groups like the National Association of Realtors, Anywhere, RE MAX, Keller Williams, Compass, and several others.Those earlier settlements were approved first because they involved the largest national brokerages. This new forty two point seven million dollar settlement covers a different group of companies that chose to settle later, but the core allegation is the same. Home sellers claim they paid higher commissions because of industry rules that limited competition.
• Real Estate Fees $980 Million Class Action Settlement
• $44 Million Residential Real Estate Broker Commissions Settlement
If you already filed a claim in the earlier settlements, you may automatically qualify for this one since many sellers are covered by multiple settlement groups.
Eligible Settlement Date Ranges for Home Sales
The eligible date range for your claim depends on where your home was listed on an MLS. The notice provides the following ranges for home sales that may qualify:Homes in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin, or Wyoming
Eligible sales: October 31, 2017 through October 14, 2025
Homes listed on an MLS in Arkansas, Kentucky, or Missouri
Eligible sales: October 31, 2018 through October 14, 2025
Homes listed on an MLS anywhere else in the United States
Eligible sales: October 31, 2019 through October 14, 2025
The settlements in this group have different date ranges, and you may also be eligible for other real estate commission settlements that involve different defendants and slightly different periods. The official settlement website has more detail on all current settlements and their specific ranges.
How Much Money Is in These Settlements?
The settling defendants in this group have agreed to pay a total of $42,787,500 into a settlement fund. The allocation by company is:William Raveis: $4.1 million
Howard Hanna: $32 million
EXIT: $1.5 million
Windermere and Lyon: $2.1 million
Charles Rutenberg: $750,000
Tierra Antigua: $400,000
West USA Realty: $950,000
My Home: $987,500
From this fund, the court may approve payments for attorneys' fees, expenses, settlement administration costs, and service awards to class representatives. The remaining money will be distributed to qualifying settlement class members who submit approved claims.
The exact payment each home seller receives will depend on the number of valid claims and the court approved distribution plan. The notice does not guarantee a specific per person payout.
Do I Need to Submit a Claim Form?
Whether you need to file a claim depends on whether you already submitted a claim in earlier settlements through the same settlement website.If you already submitted a claim form for a prior settlement with other defendants through RealEstateCommissionLitigation.com, you do not need to submit a new claim form. Your earlier claim may make you eligible for a share of multiple settlements.
If you have not previously filed a claim through that site, you must submit a claim form by December 30, 2025 in order to receive money from these new settlements. You will not be able to go back and claim money from prior settlements if you did not file those claims on time.
The claim form will ask for information about your home sale and the commission paid. The settlement administrator will review each claim for accuracy and may challenge claims that cannot be confirmed.
How to Submit a Claim
You can file a claim online through the official settlement website or download a claim form and submit it by mail or email on or before December 30, 2025.Important Settlement Dates
The official notice highlights several key dates:• Claim form deadline: December 30, 2025
• Deadline to ask to be excluded: December 30, 2025
• Deadline to object to the settlements: December 30, 2025
• Final approval hearing: February 5, 2026, currently set for 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. for the Gibson and Keel II cases in the Western District of Missouri
These dates can change, so it is a good idea to confirm them on the official settlement website or through the court docket before making any final decisions.
How Much Can I Get?
The exact payout for each home seller has not been set yet. The court will first approve how much of the forty two million seven hundred eighty seven thousand five hundred dollar settlement fund goes to attorney fees, expenses, and administration costs. Whatever is left will be divided among all approved claims using a court approved formula.Your payment will depend on factors like how many valid claims are filed, the details of your home sale, and which defendants are tied to your transaction. Some sellers may receive more than others, and you may also receive money from more than one settlement if your claim qualifies under multiple groups of defendants.
What Am I Giving Up If I Stay in the Settlements?
If the court approves the settlements and you do not exclude yourself, you will be bound by the releases in the settlement agreements.In general, you will release all claims that you have or may later have against William Raveis, Howard Hanna, EXIT, Windermere, Lyon, Charles Rutenberg, My Home, Tierra Antigua, and West USA, and certain related entities, that arise out of the conduct alleged in these cases. That includes claims that you paid an inflated broker commission or home price because of the alleged anticompetitive rules.
The release does not cover every possible dispute with your own broker. For example, it does not extend to separate individual claims for breach of contract or malpractice that are unrelated to the commission issues at the heart of these cases.
How to Exclude Yourself
If you do not want to be part of these settlements and you want to keep your right to sue any of the settling defendants on your own over these same commission issues, you must ask to be excluded by December 30, 2025.Your exclusion request must include:
Your current name and address.
The address of each home you sold and the approximate sale dates.
A clear statement that you want to be excluded from the settlement class for some or all of the settling defendants.
Your signature, or the signature of a legally authorized representative if you are deceased or incapacitated.
If you exclude yourself as to a particular defendant, you will not be able to receive money from that defendant's settlement but you will keep your right to sue that company over the same issues.
How to Object to the Settlements
You can stay in the settlements and still tell the court that you do not like some part of the deal. This is called objecting.To object, you must file a written objection with the court and mail copies to class counsel and counsel for the defendants by December 30, 2025. Your objection needs to:
Identify you and your contact information.
List your home address, sale date, listing broker, and buyer's broker.
Explain your reasons and legal support for the objection.
State whether your objection applies to all settlement classes or only some of the settling defendants.
List any attorneys who are helping you with your objection.
Disclose other class action settlements you have objected to within the last five years.
Attach any supporting documents.
Include your signature.
The court will decide whether your objection has merit at or before the final approval hearing.
Other Real Estate Commission Lawsuits
The notice also mentions many related commission cases around the country, including the earlier Burnett trial and other suits involving the National Association of Realtors, MLS operators, and large brokerages.These settlements may resolve your claims as to the particular defendants listed here. They do not automatically resolve claims against every other company named in other real estate commission cases. If you know that you are a class member in another case, you may have additional rights in that litigation and should review those notices separately.
How Do I Find Class Action Settlements?
Find all the latest class actions you can qualify for by getting notified of new lawsuits as soon as they are open to claims:Settlement Website: Settlement Site
Submit Claim
Official Settlement Notice
Sources
• Official Settlement Website: www.RealEstateCommissionLitigation.com• United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Gibson et al. v. National Association of Realtors et al. - Case No. 23-cv-788-SRB, consolidated with Umpa v. National Association of Realtors et al., and Keel II et al. v. National Association of Realtors et al., Case No. 25-cv-00759
Filing Class Action Settlement Claims
Please submit only truthful and accurate information when you file a claim. False information can result in denied payments and potential penalties.If you are not sure whether you qualify for this settlement, review the official notice carefully or contact the settlement administrator for guidance. OpenClassActions.com is a consumer news website and is not a settlement administrator or a law firm.
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| Class Action Summary | |
| Status | Proposed settlements, final approval hearing scheduled for February 5, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Claim Form Deadline | December 30, 2025 |
| Settlement Amount | $42,787,500 total for these brokerage defendants |
| Category | Residential real estate broker commissions antitrust |
| Estimated Payout per Person | Varies based on number of approved claims and court approved plan of allocation |
| Case Numbers | 23-cv-788-SRB and 25-cv-00759 (W.D. Mo.) |
| Case Titles | Gibson et al. v. National Association of Realtors et al.; Keel II et al. v. National Association of Realtors et al. |
| Court | United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri |
| Final Approval Hearing | February 5, 2026 |
| Settlement Website | Settlement Website |