Michigan agents sue NAR over mandatory membership rule

NAR (along with Michigan Associating of Realtors and 3 other local Realtor boards) has been targeted by Douglas Hardy (owns Sotheby’s franchise), Glenn Champion and Dylan Tent in a class action lawsuit challenging mandatory membership rules.

The case was filed on Aug. 12 in a Michigan U.S. District Court and challenges the rule that brokers be members of three organizations: NAR, the state association (Michigan REALTORS®) and one of the local associations listed as defendants in order to access the Multiple Listing Service. It states that it is “essentially a violation of the Anti-Trust laws, Economic Coercion, Unfair Restraint on Trade and Conspiracy.” 

We have handpicked the key allegations in the Hardy Complaint here.

The complete legal filing of the Hardy Complaint can be found here.