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Texas real estate brokers have renewed the antitrust law on the US Real estate agent association, complies with trade group membership rules, and maintains access to multiple local wrist services I claim that I was “forced”.
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On January 23, the strategic real estate broker Luz de AMOR EYTALIS is a Texas Association of Realtors, Wichita Falls Association of RealTors. TORS MLS is named NAR as a defendant.
This lawsuit targets NAR’s three -way contract. It is necessary for those who want to participate in the Real estate agent association to participate in rural areas, states, and national levels, pay the accompanying membership fee, and pay NAR’s “fair share” membership fee. For all license agents belonging to companies.
In addition, this lawsuit aims to be a rule performed by MLSS associated with many real estate agents, not by NAR, which requires memberships of real estate agents to subscribe to MLS.
Eytalis has filed a lawsuit. In other words, she represents himself in the case.
Eytalis suits were originally 6 pages, but the latest versions are currently twice as long as they are, including additional details on her experience as a broker. Cut off.
The latest complaints were NAR, Tar, WFAR, and WFMLS, “The broker demands that the broker participates in multiple associations as a prerequisite for access to MLS services, and imposes a fiscal burden without proportional benefits. If you impose it, you are asserted that you are engaged in exclusive comparations that illegally restrict the competition in the real estate market. “
According to the complaint, Eytalis notifies the WFAR of the two agents in the non -active status in 2023, and the trading group says “considering abandoning the fee for inactivity and usage of membership services.” Asked, WFAR declined and sent an invoice to Eytalis. Almost $ 3,500.
“The invoice was issued under the threat of the end of the membership with a 60 -day compliance deadline,” he said.
“The payment was ultimately paid in early November 2023 before the actual date of the dues at the end of the year.
“This process has created a serious confusion and over -difficult for plaintiffs who have paid the membership fee for more than 10 years without any exceptions.”
The complaint also claims that WFAR has violated its own detailed article. “We need to evaluate the fairness of the fee fairly, and prohibit agents who do not actively use services.”
Aitaris said that in June 2024, Air Talis had received an another bill of over $ 1,700 to an agent to WFAR, who had not communicated with the plaintiff after the sponsorship. It is.
Vice President WFAR, Greg Hudcelle, has later written to A -taris in writing that “some of the invoices, including evaluation fees, MLS fees, and St. Rock fees, will be deleted at the end of the sponsorship.” It is said that Aitaris is said. The invoice has been updated.
Inman contacts WFAR’s Hadsell for comments and updates this story when the answer is received.
Eytalis’s complaint is “Aiming of Thain” in which NAR, Tar, and WFAR have access to MLS services that are essential for real estate transactions in violation of the Federal Exclusive Law. I claim that I created. , And “WFAR” agent and broker, “it may not be necessary or want,” so that a small, small -sized securities company burden a small number of securities companies, and the stuffy competition with the potential rival trade group. I took.
“NAR has set up a national policy implemented by tar and WFAR, resulting in a penalty for essential memberships and compliance violations,” complaints.
“WFAR directly implements these policies through the structures of the detailed rules and membership fees, links access to MLS services to membership membership fees, and restricts the competition of brokers seeking alternative solutions.”
Complaints have pointed out that the trade group uses the NAR’s “fair share” membership fee. The complaint claims that “Brokers will punish all the approved agents to not affiliate with the association.”
“Regardless of the status and activity of memberships, the practice of the broker to pay all the sales representatives of the company is greatly limited to plaintiffs that support the additional non -member agents over the past decade. The complaint states.
“These compulsory costs have been financially punished by brokers, created barriers to potential agents, and probably restricted the possibility of the plaintiff’s income in an immeasurable way.”
“This policy is enforced through essential fees and penalties, and directly harms plaintiffs’ competitiveness,” says the complaint.
In the statement, NAR’s spokesman told Inman:
The complaint claims a violation of the Federal Shaman Law and the Clayton Law, the violation of the contract and the unreasonable concentration.
The complaint establishes an alternative MLS system on which the defendant is prohibited from continuing the forced membership and continuing the arrangement, and “NAR, Tar, WFAR, or WFMLS membership. We are looking for instructions that require “and” orders “and” orders “. We are obliged to establish a transparent and fair dispute resolution system to deal with complaints raised by members without bias or excessive economic burden. “
In addition, the complaint is 580 to compensate the plaintiff to compensate the plaintiff to compensate for the harm caused by the defendant’s illegal act, including the possibility of producing income over the past decade. We are looking for compensation compensation for more than 10,000 dollars. Shaman method, compensation, “including excessive fees refund”, other items.
Read the third modified complaint of Eytalis (If the document is not displayed, please re -load the page):
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