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 ...

Last month, we signed a six-month listing agreement with a real estate broker to sell our home. When our son found out that we were selling our home, he immediately said he would buy it. He now has ...

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 ...

This data was used to analyze the relationship between home prices and agent commissions, examining how buyer representation agreements and state legislative commission rebate bans impacted ...

The NAR settlement has certainly reshaped real estate, but it hasn’t removed the need for full-time professionals — or the value they bring. That’s why I wanted to spotlight how I see top brokers are ...

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 ...

Above: Dan Teixeira and Julie Jones of the Douglas Elliman firm, in a file photo. at a penthouse apartment at the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences in Fort Lauderdale. Carl Juste ...

Rent a car from Avis, Budget or Payless and you are doing business with the same holding company. Same with Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty. Real estate brokerages are going the same way. So when Compass ...

A new startup called Ridley wants to make it cheaper to sell a home by challenging the traditional real estate commission model. Founder and CEO Mike Chambers says he started Ridley after trying to ...