The law will lower up-front costs for many renters, but its effects on rents, vacancy rates, and competition remain to be seen.

Lawmakers on Beacon Hill in Boston have just passed a budget bill that includes legislation to eliminate renter-paid broker ...

Massachusetts renters are poised to get some relief from onerous broker fees under a provision tucked into the 2026 spending ...

With Healey’s signature, a broker’s fee will now be charged to whichever party, between the tenant and landlord, first ...

Governor Healey announced on Wednesday that mandatory renter-paid brokers’ fees will soon be banned in the Bay State.

The new law will allow tenants to move without paying sometimes thousands of dollars for a broker they did not hire.

The New York City Council approved the FARE Act last November, and REBNY quickly filed suit to try to stop the law. With Judge Abrams’s decision, that effort now seems to have failed. REBNY President ...

New York City Council passed the FARE Act last fall with a veto-proof majority, putting an end to tenant-paid fees and requiring more transparency around rental costs.

News Jun 11, 2025 / 07:15 AM EDT Mandatory broker fees are banned in New York City as of Wednesday. Broker fee ban takes effect in New York City News / Jun 11, 2025 / 07:15 AM EDT ...

UrbanDigs data shows rising rents and fewer listings in Manhattan after the city’s broker fee ban took effect on June 11.

New York City Council passed the FARE Act last fall with a veto-proof majority, putting an end to tenant-paid fees and requiring more transparency around rental costs. Under the law, tenants are still ...