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This solution visits the website for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to get the facts on the most recent price fixing cases.

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The Federal Trade Commission charged two real estate groups operating multiple listing services in the Detroit, Michigan area with illegally restraining competition by limiting consumers' ability to obtain low-cost real estate brokerage services. These companies adopted rules that withheld valuable benefits of the Multiple Listing Services (MLS) controlled from consumers who chose to enter into nontraditional listing contracts with real estate brokers. These companies blocked nontraditional less-than-full-services listings from being transmitted by the MLS to popular Internet websites. They also adopted policies that included blocking such nontraditional brokerage contracts from the MLS entirely. These policies limited home sellers' abilities to choose a listing type that best serves their specific needs. ...

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