( July 2, 2025, 9:24 AM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal judge in Missouri denied a request by two real estate companies to stay, in light of another pending settlement, a consolidated class action by home sellers accusing the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and real estate franchises of conspiring to artificially inflate the cost of commissions in residential real estate transactions; that order was filed a week after the same judge issued two orders granting final approval of more than $20 million in settlements, bringing the total recovery for the class to nearly $1.04 billion....