Public Hearing: Competition and Real Estate, Agenda

Hearing Information

In October 2005, the Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a public forum on competition in the real estate brokerage industry featuring experts from government, business, and academia. For more information, see the hearing information page.

Agenda

Morning Session

7:30 a.m.	Doors Open
9:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Thomas O. Barnett, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
9:30 a.m.	Overview of the Real Estate Transaction Moderator: Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Director, Office of Policy Planning, FTC Panel: Robert W. Hahn, Executive Director, AEI-Brookings Joint Center Catherine B. Whatley, 2003 President, National Association of Realtors
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Issues Affecting Competition Among Sellers' Brokers Moderator: James C. Cooper, Assistant Director, Office of Policy Planning, FTC Panel: Aaron Farmer, Owner, Texas Discount Realty Thomas R. Kunz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Century 21 Real Estate Sam Licklider, Missouri Association of Realtors Colby Sambrotto, Chief Operating Officer, ForSaleByOwner.com Wayne Thorburn, Administrator, Texas Real Estate Commission
12:15 p.m.	Lunch

Afternoon Session

1:30 p.m.	Remarks by Commissioner Jon Leibowitz
1:45 p.m.	Issues Affecting Competition Among Buyers' Brokers Moderator: Lee Quinn, Attorney, Litigation III, Antitrust Division, DOJ Panel: Alexander Perriello, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cendant Real Estate Franchise Group Philip Henderson, Vice President, LendingTree, LLC Catherine B. Whatley, 2003 President, National Association of Realtors Tom Early, National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents Geoff Lewis, Senior Vice President/Chief Legal Officer, RE/MAX International, Inc. Steve DelBianco, Executive Director, NetChoice Coalition
3:30 p.m.	Break
3:45 p.m.	Empirical Evidence on Competition in the Real Estate Industry Moderator: Michael A. Salinger, Director, Bureau of Economics, FTC Panel: Chang-Tai Hsieh, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California Lawrence Yun, Managing Director of Quantitative Research, National Association of Realtors
5:00 p.m.	Concluding Remarks Susan A. Creighton, Director, Bureau of Competition, FTC Robert Kramer, Director of Operations, DOJ

Updated June 23, 2023