Housing/Real Estate

CPC experts working in this general policy area are particularly concerned about the adequacy of price competitiveness, quality of consumer service, agency disclosures, and consumer protections in the residential real estate marketplace.

Highlighted Work

Download Report   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…

Mark Nadel
January 20, 2026
Media Article
December 16, 2025
Stephen Brobeck
December 16, 2025
Stephen Brobeck
Release
November 2, 2025
Stephen Brobeck
November 2, 2025
Stephen Brobeck, Wendy Gilch
Release
June 16, 2025
Stephen Brobeck
June 16, 2025
Stephen Brobeck, Wendy Gilch

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Home Buyers & Sellers May Save $10,000 Plus Without Sacrificing High Quality
Consumer Policy Center
Report
The Homebuyer Experience: Commissions and Contracts
Consumer Policy Center
Report
Reducing Real Estate Commissions: Are Low Fee Brokers a Viable Alternative?
Consumer Policy Center
Release
New Zillow Policy Will Help Protect Home Buyers and Sellers From Anti-Consumer Private Listing Networks
Consumer Policy Center
Report
How Percentage-Based Commissions Can Harm Home Buyers and Sellers, and What They Can Do About It
Consumer Policy Center
Article
Landmark Real Estate Settlement Allows Consumers to Save Billions
Consumer Policy Center
Broadcast Interview
Appraisal Management Companies: Hidden Cost and the Call for Reform
The Real Estate Replay Podcast
Media Article
Consumers to Determine the Future of the Industry
Inman News
Speech
ARELLO Conference – Challenges Facing Regulators
ARELLO Conference
Print Interview
Consumer Group: stop trying to ‘force’ sellers to pay buyer brokers
Inman News
Media Article
Anticompetitive price fixing is not the answer to fair and accessible homeownership
Housingwire
Journal Article
Obstacles to Price Competition in the Residential Real Estate Brokerage Market
Berkley Business Law Journal

Experts

Mark Nadel
Housing/Real Estate

Mark Nadel

Senior Fellow
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Housing/Real Estate

Stephen Brobeck

Senior Fellow
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Housing/Real Estate

Wendy Gilch

Fellow
Housing/Real Estate
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Mark Nadel
February 18, 2025
Housing/Real Estate
By
Stephen Brobeck
December 17, 2024
Housing/Real Estate
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Stephen Brobeck
September 19, 2024
Housing/Real Estate
By
Stephen Brobeck
September 5, 2024

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