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 ...

With the numbers showing a slight dip in commission percentages, one might assume the impact of the NAR settlement is minor. However, agents are discovering that the challenges are about more than ...

For decades, if you wanted a real estate agent to help you buy or sell a home, the model was static. At the close of escrow, the seller typically used their proceeds to pay a 5% to 6% commission, with ...

Real estate agent commissions have held steady since August, but there’s a divergence at different price points. That’s the conclusion of new data from Redfin, which shows that the average commission ...

On Saturday, industry rules governing real estate agent commissions will change — a shift some experts say could ultimately lower costs for consumers buying and selling a home. However, the changes ...

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) agreed to new rules around real estate agent commissions as part of a landmark lawsuit settlement in March 2024. The new rules rolled out in August — along ...

In a real estate transaction, there’s always some level of negotiation. If you’re the seller, you face haggling not only with prospective buyers, but also with the person you’re working with to seal ...

Far removed from the glittering penthouses of Manhattan or the sprawling estates of Palm Beach, hundreds of thousands of agents pound a humbler pavement. Those who sell detached $400,000 single-family ...

These rules intend to reshape how real estate commissions are handled. However, despite what is being said in the media, I don’t think it will have much of an impact on commissions. I grew up in a ...