Few events in recent real estate history have rattled the industry more than the antitrust lawsuits filed against major brokerages and the National Association of Realtors (NAR), accusing them of ...

Real estate agents don’t earn a salary. Instead, they generally make money through commissions, getting paid only when a deal closes. This means they can work with a client for months without ...

How much is a real estate agent commission—and who actually pays it? These are common questions among homebuyers and sellers navigating a real estate transaction, and the answers have changed recently ...

In this do-it-yourself digital age, home sellers and buyers alike might wonder if they really need real estate agents — or, more precisely, if they need to pay agent fees. Just how crucial are these ...

Prior to September 30, 2024, a little over a month after the business practice changes went into effect, the average real estate agent commission was 2.65%, according to data from RealTrends ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The average U.S. buyer’s agent commission was 2.43% for homes sold in the second quarter, up from 2.38% a year earlier. That’s according to a new report from Redfin, the real ...

Selling a home isn’t free. Learn about the most common — and often overlooked — costs involved in selling your house, from ...

Redfin reports the average U.S. buyer’s agent commission rose to 2.42% in the third quarter from 2.36% a year earlier. Commissions were virtually flat from the previous quarter. The average U.S. buyer ...

It was hailed as an “earthquake” for how homes would be bought and sold in America, and a shift that would unleash “total confusion” in the real estate industry. But as the first spring homebuying ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... New rules on real estate commissions, including limiting the disclosure of how much sellers were willing to pay buyer agents, were expected to send ...

Some Las Vegas Valley real estate agents are using a number of loopholes to boost their pay and skirt a recent court settlement that was intended to reduce commission rates, according to multiple ...