A search for “cartel” mention yields this.
Riemann: posts 2, 21, 26, 29, 47, 52, 75, 88 refer to it that way.
Fotheringay-Phipps challenges if it’s a cartel 31, 39
Crawlspace 52 is the post I missed but of course the legal issue wasn’t concluded when it went to press.
So yes, it was mentioned many times by Riemann. It could be just Riemann’s opinion. The article states:
As MarketWatch has previously reported, many housing observers call Realtors a “cartel” for the way they purposely steer clients to transactions in which traditional ways of doing business are observed.
“Many?” Not sure what to make of that. Most? Numerous but a small percentage? What will the courts say? I didn’t know if they had reached a conclusion.
I may be responsible for resurrecting the thread. I mentioned to the OP of another that this information might be of interest, linked to it to show issues that had been raised. After five months, it’s on the radar again.
Post 107 marks the resurrection, maybe 24 hours ago? Since then the term has came up seven times and it’s approaching 50 new posts.
By the way, Mrs L has been watching the local real estate market for many years. She had no idea about this.