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2. Why are real estate commissions 6%? – and why that may be ...

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   Changes may soon be on the horizon for real estate commission rates after a Kansas City jury determined – in a $1.8 billion judgement in October – that commissions had been inflated and that ...

3. How do real estate agent fees and commissions work? - AOL

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   But on a $1M sale, a commission at the same rate would come to $50,000. ... sellers have been the ones who covered real estate agent commissions — both for their own agent and for the buyer’s ...

4. Real estate commission rules are about to change. Here's how ...

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   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 ...

5. The future of real estate commissions - AOL

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   Hire a discount agent: A low-commission real estate agent will likely charge much less than a traditional agent would — usually 1 to 1.5 percent of your home’s sale price. (However, you might ...

6. Real estate trends - Wikipedia

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   A 2005 study [2] of real estate commission rates, reported that realtors tended to charge, "about 5 percent to 7 percent of a property's selling price...". More recently, CBS News, "60 Minutes" television news magazine reported in 2007 that competitive pressure resulting from a record number of licensed agents has driven down the average sales ...

7. Real estate agent commission rules change Saturday. Here's ...

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   On Aug. 17, the rules governing real estate agent commissions are changing. Some experts say the shift should eventually reduce costs for consumers. Real estate agent commission rules change Saturday.

8. Flat-fee MLS - Wikipedia

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   A useful overview of real-estate payment practices in the United States is found in an October 2006 report by the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies. The study notes that "real estate broker commissions are strangely unrelated to either the quantity or quality of the service rendered or even to the value provided."

9. Home buyers to be spared broker commissions up to 6% ... - AOL

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   A landmark agreement would eliminate real estate brokers' automatic commissions of up to 6%, potentially saving home buyers and sellers thousands of dollars.