( August 26, 2026, 8:44 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — Nationwide settlements that include payments of more than $1 billion and changes to buyer-broker compensation to resolve allegations that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and real estate franchises conspired to artificially inflate residential real estate commission costs were affirmed by the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which concluded in an opinion addressing seven consolidated appeals that the trial court reasonably determined that the settlements were fair and did not violate antitrust law....