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NAR settlement set to hit real estate agents this week: Here’s how they’re preparing | CNN Business

The changes, which are part of a $418 million settlement announced in March by the powerful trade group the National Association of Realtors, eliminate informal rules that propped up the industry’s traditional payment structure, where home sellers were typically on the hook to pay a 5% or 6% commission, usually split between their agent and the agent representing their home seller.

The first change prohibits agents’ compensation from being included on multiple listing services, which are centralized databases used by Realtors to share details about homes for sale. Compensation details can still be advertised elsewhere or communicated in person or over the phone, though.

The second change requires buyers’ agents to discuss their compensation upfront. Come August 17, agents working with a prospective homebuyer must now enter into a written buyer agreement before touring a property together. This agreement is designed to inform buyers that they are responsible for paying their own Realtors if a seller chooses not to cover the cost.

By some estimates, real estate commissions could fall between 25% to 50%, according to a March analysis by TD Cowen Insights.

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Spiders force male fireflies to flash like females—luring more males to their death

As the Sun sets over the paddy fields and ponds of Wuhan, China, male fireflies seek out the distinctive flickering of females. But what appears to be an opportunity to mate could be a deadly ambush. Some orb-weaving spiders force trapped male fireflies to mimic the flashes of females, researchers report today in Current Biology, drawing ever more males into their webs.

"It's a really fascinating study," says Sara Lewis, a biologist emeritus at Tufts University not involved with the work. Male fireflies sometimes change the patterns of their flashes when they try to stand out among other males, she notes, but the new study is the first to document a pattern change potentially triggered by a predator.

Among tropical Asian fireflies of the species Abscondita terminalis, both males and females flash to find mates, but their flashes are not the same. Females make slow, single pulses with a sole "lantern" in their abdomen, whereas males flash in quick succession from dual abdominal lanterns.

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