The real estate industry had a watershed moment in August, as terms of a legal settlement over the payment of buyer's broker commissions went into effect.

Yet, this was not the finale to this long-running litigation or to the other suits involving the National Association of Realtors.

But with the return of the Trump Administration, the current efforts to reopen the Department of Justice investigation into NAR over fees — discarding a settlement reached in 2020 — could soon come to an end.

The following is a month-by-month recap of the highlights of National Mortgage News' coverage of these cases in 2024.