Realogy $20,000,000 TCPA Settlement, Claims Are Closed, Payments Sent — Bumpus v. Realogy Holdings Corp., No. 3:19-CV-003309-JD

CLAIMS CLOSED — INFORMATIONAL UPDATE. If you’re searching for this settlement hoping to file a claim, you’re too late — the deadline passed July 3, 2025. But if you filed one, there’s news: Realogy Holdings Corp. — the company behind Coldwell Banker — finished distributing its $20 million telemarketing settlement on June 16, 2026, more than a year after claims closed.

Who Is Realogy and Why Was It Sued Over These Calls?

Realogy Holdings Corp., now known as Anywhere Real Estate Inc., is one of the largest residential real estate conglomerates in the country, operating brands including Coldwell Banker, Century 21, ERA, Sotheby’s International Realty, and Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate. That scale is exactly why this case existed: with thousands of independently affiliated Coldwell Banker agents nationwide, each chasing home-sale leads, Realogy was positioned to generate an enormous volume of calls fast — and, according to the lawsuit, a lot of them weren’t legal.

What Did Coldwell Banker Agents Do to People on the Do Not Call Registry?

Plaintiffs filed the case, Bumpus, et al. v. Realogy Holdings Corp., et al., on June 11, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The complaint accused Coldwell Banker-affiliated agents of two distinct violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act: calling people whose numbers were on the National Do Not Call Registry, and placing calls using artificial or prerecorded voice messages without the consent the law requires. According to court filings, agents used autodialing platforms — Mojo, PhoneBurner, and Storm — to generate an estimated 700,000-plus calls to consumers between 2015 and 2020, many of them cold pitches to list a home for sale.

Realogy denied wrongdoing throughout the case and fought it for more than five years, including a push to have the class decertified before trial. According to reporting on the settlement filings, Realogy’s own attorneys argued the company would rather settle than risk what TCPA violations can cost — the statute allows $500 to $1,500 in damages per illegal call, and with hundreds of thousands of calls at issue, a trial loss could have run into the hundreds of millions. That math, not an admission of fault, is what brought Realogy to the table in 2024.

That’s the number worth sitting with: even in a case Realogy felt confident enough to fight for five years, the statutory damages built into the TCPA made settling the safer bet.

Related reading: SiriusXM’s $28 million TCPA settlement covered the same Do Not Call Registry theory as one of the two classes here, and Gen Digital’s $9.95 million settlement covered the same prerecorded-message theory as the other — both useful for comparing how TCPA payouts scale with call volume.

Realogy TCPA Settlement — Key Facts

Settlement Amount	$20,000,000 total fund
Claim Deadline	Closed — was July 3, 2025; no new claims accepted
Who Qualifies	Two classes, roughly 298,494 people combined: those who got 2+ calls to a number on the National Do Not Call Registry from a Coldwell Banker-affiliated agent using Mojo, PhoneBurner, or Storm between June 11, 2015 and December 3, 2020, and those who got an artificial or prerecorded message call from a Coldwell Banker-affiliated agent in that same window — but only those who filed by the July 2025 deadline get paid
Estimated Payout	Approximately $281 per approved claim, based on a pre-distribution estimate assuming 15% of the class filed; the administrator has not published a confirmed final per-claim figure
Proof Required (Yes/No)	N/A — claims window is closed
Settlement Status	Final approval granted March 18, 2026; payments distributed June 16, 2026
Court & Case Number	U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No. 3:19-CV-003309-JD
Law Alleged	Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
Administrator	Epiq
Official Claim Site	RealogyTCPA.com
Last Updated	September 22, 2026

Who Was Eligible for the Realogy TCPA Settlement?

Here’s exactly who this case covered, even though filing has closed.

• Anyone who got two or more calls in a 12-month period from a Coldwell Banker-affiliated agent, made through the Mojo, PhoneBurner, or Storm dialer, to a number that sat on the National Do Not Call Registry for at least 31 days, between June 11, 2015 and December 3, 2020 — the “NDNC Class”
• Anyone who got a call from a Coldwell Banker-affiliated agent carrying an artificial or prerecorded voice message during that same window — the “Prerecorded Messages Class”
• People could belong to either class or both, depending on which calls they received

You do not get a payment if you fit either class definition but never submitted a claim form by July 3, 2025 — meeting the class definition and actually getting paid turned out to be two different things here.

Didn’t File in Time? There’s No Late-Claim Option

There’s no reopened window and no exception process. If you received exactly the kind of calls this case targeted but missed the July 2025 deadline, September’s — or rather, June’s — payment run didn’t include you. The lesson for next time: settlement notices like this one typically arrive by postcard or email well before the deadline, so acting on that notice when it lands is the only way to actually collect.

How Much Did Realogy TCPA Settlement Class Members Get?

Before distribution, the fund covered a set of court-approved deductions: $5,000,000 in attorneys’ fees to Reese LLP, $898,739.46 in litigation costs and expenses, $4,500 combined in service awards to the named plaintiffs, and roughly $315,000 in settlement administration costs. What’s left was split evenly among everyone who filed a valid claim, on a pro rata basis — this settlement doesn’t scale payouts by number of calls received or documented losses, just one equal share per approved claim.

Going into distribution, the administrator’s own pre-distribution estimate — based on an assumed 15% claim participation rate — put that share at roughly $281 per approved claim. That figure was always a projection tied to a specific participation assumption, not a guarantee, and the settlement website has not published the confirmed, final per-claim dollar amount as of this writing.

Payments went out two ways on June 16, 2026: paper checks by mail, and digital payments emailed from the sender “Realogy TCPA Settlement Administrator” to whatever address claimants listed on their claim form. Per the settlement’s own FAQ, these payments are not taxable.

Watch for Scam Messages Riding on This Settlement’s Name

A completed, high-profile payout like this one is exactly the moment phishing attempts tend to surface. A few things to check before trusting any message about this settlement:

• A legitimate Settlement Administrator will never ask you to pay a fee to receive money you’re owed.
• Digital payments only arrive from the sender “Realogy TCPA Settlement Administrator” — check your spam and promotions folders before assuming a payment never came.
• If you never filed a claim by July 3, 2025, no legitimate message should be telling you a payment is on its way.
• If your mailing address changed since you filed, that’s something to flag directly with the administrator — not through a link in an unsolicited email.

When in doubt, go straight to RealogyTCPA.com yourself instead of clicking a link you were sent.

Realogy TCPA Settlement — Key Dates, 2019–2026

Milestone	Date
Lawsuit Filed	June 11, 2019
Parties Agreed to Settle	2024
Claim, Opt-Out, and Objection Deadline	July 3, 2025 (closed)
Final Approval Granted	March 18, 2026
Payments Distributed	June 16, 2026

Realogy TCPA Settlement — Frequently Asked Questions, No. 3:19-CV-003309-JD

Can I still file a claim in the Realogy TCPA settlement?

 No. The claim, exclusion, and objection deadlines all passed on July 3, 2025. There’s no late-filing option, even if you clearly received the kind of calls this case covered.

When were Realogy settlement payments sent? 

June 16, 2026. Paper checks went out by mail, and digital payments were emailed from “Realogy TCPA Settlement Administrator” to the address listed on each claimant’s form.

How much did I get from the Realogy settlement?

 The pre-distribution estimate was about $281 per approved claim, based on an assumed 15% participation rate. The administrator hasn’t published a confirmed final figure, so your actual payment may differ from that estimate depending on how many valid claims were ultimately approved.

Is the email or check I got about this settlement real?

 It’s worth verifying independently. Go directly to RealogyTCPA.com rather than clicking a link in an email, and remember a legitimate administrator never charges a fee to release money you’re owed.

Why did it take from 2019 to 2026 to resolve this case?

 The lawsuit was filed in 2019 and litigated for five years, including a fight over class certification, before the parties agreed to settle in 2024. Court approval followed in stages — preliminary approval, a claims period ending July 2025, and final approval on March 18, 2026 — before payments went out in June 2026.

Do I need a lawyer to receive my Realogy settlement payment?

 No. If you filed an approved claim, payment was handled automatically by the settlement administrator, Epiq, working with Class Counsel at Reese LLP. No further action was required.

Sources Used in This Realogy TCPA Settlement Article

• Official Settlement Administrator Website — Epiq, FAQ page: https://realogytcpa.com/Home/FAQ
• Official Settlement Administrator Website — Home page, including the $281 pre-distribution payout estimate: https://realogytcpa.com/
• Court-Authorized Settlement Notice, hosted by the Settlement Administrator: https://realogytcpa.com/Content/Documents/Notice.pdf
• Law360, “Realogy Signs $20M Deal In TCPA Cold Calling Class Action,” January 21, 2025: https://www.law360.com/articles/2286827/realogy-signs-20m-deal-in-tcpa-cold-calling-class-action

Researched and written by Israr Ahmad, legal content researcher and founder of AllAboutLawyer.com. All facts verified against the official settlement administrator’s website and FAQ page, the court-authorized settlement notice, and Law360’s coverage of the settlement filing, on September 22, 2026. Last Updated: September 22, 2026.

Disclaimer This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Laws vary by state and individual circumstances differ. For advice about your specific situation, consult a qualified attorney.