Real estate commissions and brokerage fees are negotiable. There is no standard commission rate that a seller is required to pay. Individual brokerages and agents can establish what compensation they are willing [...]
The last few years in real estate were anything but normal. Prices moved quickly. Buyers acted fast. In many cases, decisions were made based more on urgency than long-term strategy. Now that the market has [...]
For decades, most homeowners in the United States have been told that selling a home typically costs 5–6% of the sale price in real estate commission. On an $800,000 home, that can equal $40,000–$48,000, which naturally leads many homeowners to ask:
“Why does it cost that much to sell a [...]