It's March 19th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, gentlemen welcome to the right report your daily news

podcast I've got three briefs for you this morning that are shaping America and the world.

First, purchasing a home in the U.S. is about to change.

A massive lawsuit is forced the real estate industry to offer you more

flexibility and likely save you thousands of dollars. I'll tell you when the

changes are likely to start. Second, if your auto insurance recently went up, you might be able to blame your car because it's spying on you.

I've got an update on a previous brief about your digital exhaust, plus five ways to fight back. Third, we travel to three islands this morning to Fiji, the Maldives, and Okinawa in Japan

for updates on our battles for the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Later, a listener question today about former President Donald Trump, who allegedly

authorized a covert action operation called propaganda against Beijing. We will talk about whether or not those operations will

likely work. But first, let's get to our top stories of the morning. The US

real estate industry is facing some big changes in the weeks ahead

with likely bad news for realtors and brokers, but good news for most consumers.

So here's why.

The National Association of Realtors reached a nationwide settlement

on Friday regarding claims that its industry conspired to keep commissions

artificially high for decades for realtors. As listeners are likely aware, agents in the real estate transactions in this

country generally collect about 6% or so the sale price of a home as payment for their services.

But back in October, a Kansas City jury found that the commission structure that they have or enjoy was in violation of antitrust laws.

They awarded the plaintiffs in the case $1.8 billion for it. A separate

class action lawsuit in Chicago could have increased those damages north of $40 billion more, but no longer.

With his proposed settlement, the cases and the penalties

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