Georgia

	Allows choice of brokerage services
	Allows brokers to offer rebates to consumers

A task force created by the Georgia Real Estate Commission studied whether to recommend the Real Estate Commission request that the Georgia Legislature impose minimum service requirements on consumers who use brokers in Georgia. The task force decided not to recommend the Real Estate Commission seek a minimum service provision—preserving choice for consumers in Georgia.

Learn more about:

• Brokerage services: Discount Brokers Can Make Selling a Home Less Costly
• Rebates: Rebates Make Buying a Home Less Expensive

Antitrust Division documents:

Press release:

• DOJ and FTC Urge Georgia Bar Committee to Refrain from Eliminating Nonlawyer Competition for Real Estate Closing-Related Business (03/21/2003)

Comment letter:

• Letter to the Georgia State Bar Re: Comments on Potential Unlicensed Practice of Law, Opinion Regarding Real Estate Closing Activity (03/20/2003)
  

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