Lower Real Estate Commissions Without Compromising Quality
Washington, D.C. – The 2024 real estate industry settlement removed one key roadblock to much lower buyer agent commissions, but it has not produced lower fees. A new 22-page report identifies a remaining key barrier to lower fees: generally unwarranted consumer suspicions that lower real estate commissions are associated with lower service […]
New Dietary Guidelines — Pluses and Minuses
Download Release For the past year HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been issuing sensible (eat real food, avoid sugar and food dyes) and nonsensical (eat beef, beef tallow, full-fat dairy products, raw milk; avoid “toxic” seed oils) dietary advice. HHS and USDA released the new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, […]
Buyer Agents Willing to Cut Rates for Home Sellers But Not For Buyers
Washington, D.C. – Recent interviews with 281 active buyer agents in 26 metropolitan areas revealed their strong resistance to negotiating commission rates but their willingness to lower these rates when faced with pushback from home sellers. These findings were part of a report written by Stephen Brobeck and Wendy Gilch – The […]
Trump’s “Beautiful Bill” Hits the Brakes on Using Vehicle Efficiency Standards
Policymakers Seeking to Reduce Atmospheric Pollution from Cars and Trucks Should Consider Correcting the Flaws in Fifty Years of Mileage Regulation Washington, DC — Cars and trucks are the largest and fastest-growing source of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions — a very long-lasting greenhouse gas — according to a new report from […]
Consumers Using Stablecoins For Payments Face Greater Risks
July 2025 Genius Act Provides Fewer Consumer Protections Than Supports Claim Washington, D.C. – In coming months and years, consumers will be urged to make payments using stablecoins. This form of cryptocurrency already can be purchased through services such as PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, and is likely to be issued […]
Opening the 1975 Food Time Capsule – Diet, Health, & Food Industry
Read Report Back in 1975, who would have predicted that by 2025: We’d be eating one-third less beef, twice as much poultry, but almost the same amount of vegetables? Obesity rates would triple, but fatal heart attacks would decline by 77 percent? Four grocers would control two-thirds of the market and that organic […]
Low-Fee Real Estate Brokers Can Reduce Home Selling Costs
New CPC Research Explains Different Types of Low-Fee Brokers and Identifies Specific Brokers Likely To Provide The Best Value Washington, D.C. – In the past decade, new real estate companies have been created that offer home sellers either low, or really low fees, according to a new report –Reducing Real Estate Commissions: […]
New Zillow Policy Will Help Protect Home Buyers and Sellers From Anti-Consumer Private Listing Networks
Download Release DOJ Should Weigh in To Ensure Buyer Access to Listings and To Check Big Broker Manipulation of Sellers Washington, D.C. – On April 10, Zillow announced that beginning in May, it will no longer list properties from the private listings of brokers who are publicly marketing them. This marketing includes social media, […]
Consumers Can Save Money By Thinking And Talking About Real Estate Commissions In Dollars, Not Percentages
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