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Real Brokerage Settles Cwynar Home Buyer Commission Lawsuit

Real Brokerage has joined a group of brokerages who have settled the homebuyer commission lawsuits. In a motion filed on Monday, Real notified the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that it had reached a settlement in the consolidated Cwynar lawsuit.

Filed in late June 2025, the Cwynar suit claimed that policies the National Association of Realtors (NAR) had in place prior to its settlement business practice changes going into effect in August 2024 resulted in buyers paying inflated commissions. In addition to Real, the other defendants named in the lawsuit included Realty ONE Group, Realty ONE Group Excel, Vanguard Properties and The Agency.

In October, the Cwynar suit was combined with six other lawsuits, including the Tuccori homebuyer commission lawsuit, which was originally filed in late 2023 and named At World Properties as its only defendant. Two defendants in the combined lawsuit, Fathom and HomeSmart, are contesting the consolidation.

Later in October, preliminary settlement agreements were reached with 11 defendants in the consolidated lawsuit. The settling brokerages, which include @properties, Baird & Warner, Real Estate One, Silvercreek Realty Group, Equity Real Estate, NextHome, Realty Executives, Shorewest, Side, Engel & Volkers Americas and Engel & Volkers GMBH, have a combined settlement fund of over $3.2 million.

Real has previously settled the home seller commission lawsuits for $9.25 million.

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Real Brokerage Settles Cwynar Home Buyer Commission Lawsuit

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