You prove eligibility by showing you sold a home during the eligible date range, listed it on a U.S. multiple listing service, and paid a commission to a brokerage.
You file one claim with that sale information plus your closing paperwork when you have it. These cases are the NAR and HomeServices seller settlements over residential real estate broker commissions. A multiple listing service, or MLS, is the shared database agents use to list homes for sale.
Official resources:
- Read the official guidance from Consumerfinance — Use this primary source to verify the official guidance.
- Check eligibility on Realestatecommissionlitigation’s official study page — Use this page to check the study’s participation requirements.
Table of Contents
- What Must Sellers Show?
- Which Sale Dates Count?
- Where and How Do You File?
- What Paperwork Proves Your Sale?
- What Limits Apply to Payment?
What Must Sellers Show?
Sellers must establish three facts. They sold a home during the eligible period. They listed that home on any U.S.
MLS. They paid a commission to any brokerage in the sale. According to the Residential Real Estate Broker Commissions Settlements administrator site, those three facts establish seller eligibility for the NAR and HomeServices settlements the settlements administrator site. Keep your address, sale date, and commission details consistent across your claim and documents.
Which Sale Dates Count?
There is no single nationwide cutoff. The eligible date range depends on the MLS where your home was listed.
The Long Form Notices and FAQs 7-8 list those MLS-specific dates. Check the notice for your listing MLS before you file. If you sold more than one qualifying home, treat each sale separately.
Where and How Do You File?
File online through the secure settlement portal or by mail to JND Legal Administration, PO Box 91479, Seattle, WA 98111. Sellers with multiple qualifying sales must submit a separate claim for each sale.
The secure settlement claim page explains that one timely claim covers multiple related seller settlements, so prior Anywhere, RE/MAX, Keller Williams, or NAR filers did not need to refile for later related settlements the secure settlement claim page. Use the same name, address history, and contact information on each related filing.
What Paperwork Proves Your Sale?
Your strongest proof is your closing file. The Settlement Claim Form instructions identify the HUD-1 settlement statement, Closing Disclosure, or settlement statement showing property address, sale date, sale price, and broker commissions paid, submitted with claim-form Section C when available the Settlement Claim Form instructions.
A Closing Disclosure is the five-page form with final mortgage terms, projected payments, and itemized closing costs. If you no longer have it, ask your title company, closing attorney, or former agent for a copy of the settlement statement.
What Limits Apply to Payment?
The main seller claim deadline was May 9, 2025, with a later Gibson-group deadline of December 30, 2025. Late claims may be submitted, but acceptance is not guaranteed.
JND Legal Administration verifies claims and calculates payments. No seller payments occur until appeals end, after final approval on November 27, 2024 and Eighth Circuit affirmance on August 19, 2026. Buyers are not covered here and must use the separate homebuyer settlement with its own proof, fund, administrator, and form.