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 ...

A real estate agent commission is a percentage of a property’s sale price paid to the agent as compensation for their services. What you’ll pay for a real estate agent will vary based on location, ...

The recent NAR settlement could change how buyers and sellers pay their agents Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Aly J. Yale is a contributor at Buy Side and an expert on real estate, ...

As the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the business practice changes stemming from the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thinking of buying a home with the help of a real estate agent? You can no longer take it for granted that a seller will cover the cost of your agent’s commission. Home sellers have ...

When selling your home, it’s only natural to want to maximize the profit you walk away with. And one way to do that is by minimizing the fees and expenses associated with the sale process — including ...

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 ...

After completing your real estate licensing exams, you must find a brokerage under which to operate your real estate business. The relationship between the brokerage and the real estate agent is ...

Treating broker commissions in terms of percentages rather than dollars leads many sellers and buyers to overlook the cost of a house. Getty Images/iStockphoto Which would you rather pay a real estate ...

How much you pay to a real estate agent to buy or sell a home is likely to go down after a victory for consumers in a federal trial in Missouri earlier this week. A jury in a case against the National ...

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. SEATTLE, December 08, ...