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 ...

An agent showed us a house we are interested in, but they want us to pay an additional fee above the typical split. We are aware of another agent who does not charge an extra fee, only the fee we ...

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 ...

In the typical home sale, the home seller pays a commission, not just to their agent, but also to the buyer's agent. This fee-sharing arrangement is part of a decades-old practice involving what ...

Home sellers have some options beyond real estate agents with traditional commission structures, from flat fees to listing ...

A flat fee in real estate is a charge that home sellers pay to have their home listed on the market. In a flat-fee model, a ...

The commissions you pay when you buy or sell a house may be going down soon as a result of class action lawsuits filed against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and several large brokerage ...

This report is from WLRN News, a Miami Herald partner. Listen to WLRN on 91.3 FM in Miami or go to WLRN.org The decades-long practice of property owners paying real estate commissions is being ...

Real estate mogul and reality TV star Ryan Serhant has opened up about the snarl of hidden fees in the process of buying or selling a home, which many customers might not even be aware of—and what he ...