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The standard 6 percent commission on home sales may be a thing of the past after the National Association of Realtors agreed to settle price-fixing lawsuits.

Real estate apocalypse? What new rules for agents mean for buyers and sellers.

The 6 percent sales commission, a standard for decades, may shrink after the nation’s realtors settle price-fixing lawsuits.

Is Greater Boston’s housing market finally revving up?
Home sales ticked up slightly in February, a sign that the housing market may finally be starting to churn again, though prices remain sky high.

Milton housing lawsuit will head to state’s highest court later this year
The move is a win for Attorney General Andrea Campbell as she seeks an open-and-shut ruling against Milton for failing to comply with the MBTA Communities law, but may present logistical challenges for towns.

Buying a home is about to get even more complicated — and maybe more expensive

A change by the National Association of Realtors is expected to lead to lower selling commissions. Homebuyers and their agents are likely to get squeezed.

As summer nears, judge’s ruling could spell trouble for Nantucket short-term rentals
The ruling could compel Nantucket to take a firmer stand on regulating short-term rentals than it typically has in the past.

Powerful realtor group agrees to slash commissions to settle lawsuits
The National Association of Realtors, a powerful organization that has set the guidelines for home sales for decades, has agreed to settle a series of lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and by eliminating its rules on commissions.

Campbell wants to accelerate Milton housing lawsuit. Milton has other plans.
The attorney general has moved to have the high-profile lawsuit heard by the Supreme Judicial Court, this spring, to send a message to other towns considering plans of their own.

This Cape Cod golf course was going to be 300-plus apartments. Now, it’s set to be a private school.
The project ignited a contentious debate that pitted housing advocates and environmental interests against each other, and framed a broader conversation about the future of the Cape.

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‘It’s an invasion.’ In towns across Eastern Mass., resistance grows against ambitious state housing law.

The state’s new housing law challenges Massachusetts’ long, proud history of letting towns control their own zoning, and resistance is growing fast. 4:13 p.m.

Attorney General Andrea Campbell on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Town of Milton for being out of compliance with the MBTA Communities law.

It’s Massachusetts v. Milton in a key test of state’s ambitious new housing law

Amid mounting resistance to the state’s push to compel cities and towns to build more housing, Attorney General Andrea Campbell on Tuesday sued the Town of Milton for failing to comply with a controversial new zoning law. 7:42 p.m.

Milton residents voted last week against a controversial plan that would open key sections of the town to more housing development.

Healey administration bars Milton from state grants after defiant housing vote. It’s about more than money.

The administration is trying to head off broader momentum sparked by the town’s recent rejection of a controversial housing plan. 6:50 p.m.

A sale-pending sign in front of a home in Sudbury last month. January home sales in Greater Boston remained near a two-decade low as prices rose.

Greater Boston housing market continues to slouch, spelling bad news for affordability

Would-be sellers are reluctant to list homes for sale and give up ultra-low mortgage rates locked in over the past few years, keeping inventories tight and prices high. 4:43 p.m.

From 2015 through 2021, per the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, no community in Greater Boston added housing at a faster clip than Everett.

How Everett became a housing boomtown in the Boston area

Everett has added more housing in the past few years than any community in Greater Boston. What do they know that the rest of us could learn? 6:00 a.m.

For many Milton residents, compromise feels a long way off.

After Milton vote, the question remains: What now?

Milton now faces the politically delicate task of writing yet another new zoning plan, while living under legal limbo for violating the state’s most ambitious housing law in decades. 8:26 p.m.

Results in Milton's referendum Wednesday on a state-mandated zoning plan varied widely across the town of 28,000.

Four maps that show where, how — and by whom — Milton’s housing plan was defeated

Precinct-level results in Milton detail a town divided. 2:16 p.m.

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Milton residents voted down a controversial plan on Feb. 14 that would have opened key sections of the town to more housing development.

‘No winners here’: Milton residents voted down a plan for more housing. But the state isn’t our colonial overlord.

To her Milton neighbors who voted “No,” Globe columnist Shirley Leung asks that you please come up with a plan to comply. This isn't the Boston Tea Party. 10:58 a.m.