Breaking Down the 2008 DOJ–NAR Settlement Agreement on Data Display and Virtual Office Websites (VOWs)

"There has been a lot of speculation recently about the 2008 settlement agreement between the Department of Justice and the National Association of REALTOR® and what will happen when that agreement expires in November 2018. Much of this speculation misconstrues the settlement agreement, the practices it addresses, and what it accomplished. Here, I aim to break it down so that any future discussion about the fate of the settlement agreement, or the conduct of NAR and MLSs following the expiration of the agreement, can be based on a correct understanding of that agreement."