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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. As the Trump Administration looks for cost savings at HUD and FHFA, they are learning that things that seem easy to achieve on the surface can be far more complex in practice. After the relatively easy task of headcount reductions, for example,

A California real estate broker is suing the National Association of Realtors (NAR) over a policy that forces brokers to pay dues for agents who aren’t members of their state, local or national Realtor associations. John Diaz, who’s based in Modesto, claims that NAR’s Variable Dues Formula (VDF) policy penalizes brokers for associating with agents