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Agents' Costly Referrals Spark Class-Action Suit

A recent class-action lawsuit focuses attention on a long-festering consumer issue in real estate: Alleged steering of home buyers to affiliated title, settlement and mortgage companies by large real estate brokerage firms, a practice that could cost consumers hundreds of dollars, compared with fees and services offered by nonaffiliated competitors.
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By Kenneth R. Harney