Realtor sanctioned in Richmond deal sues for $1.5M damages

Vicky Wang should have appealed the decision with the Financial Services Tribunal rather than going to court, says BCFSA.

A realtor, who was fined $28,000 for misconduct, is pointing a finger at a lawyer in the case for her role in an “unjust and unfair conclusion” based on “weak and problematic evidence.”

Vicky Wang, a Vancouver realtor, filed a claim for $1.5 million in damages against BC Financial Services Authority’s (BCFSA) senior legal counsel Catherine Davies in BC Supreme Court in Vancouver last June.

Wang, who is self-represented, claimed in her lawsuit she was “bullied and discriminated against by the

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Home sellers win in NAR case – Deseret News

The National Association of Realtors and two brokerage firms were ordered to pay nearly $1.8 billion in damages to about a half a million home sellers after a federal jury found they had conspired to artificially inflate commissions paid to real estate agents.

The decision could radically alter the home buying process in the US and could potentially lead to a restructuring of the entire real estate industry, lowering the cost of moving homes by reducing commissions, The New York Times reported.

A Missouri jury Tuesday sided with the plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit, awarding them a total of $1.78

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