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The 6% commission on buying or selling a home is gone after Realtors association agrees to seismic settlement (www.cnn.com)

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The 6% commission, a standard in home purchase transactions, is no more.

In a sweeping move expected to reduce the cost of buying and selling a home, the National Association of Realtors announced Friday a settlement with groups of homesellers, agreeing to end landmark antitrust lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and eliminating rules on commissions.

The NAR, which represents more than 1 million Realtors, also agreed to put in place a set of new rules. One prevents sellers’ brokers from setting buyers’ agents’ compensation, which critics say led brokers to push more expensive properties on customers. Another ends requirements that brokers subscribe to multiple listing services — many of which are owned by NAR subsidiaries — where homes are given a wide viewing in a local market. Another new rule will require buyers’ brokers to enter into written agreements with their buyers.

The agreement effectively will destroy the current homebuying and selling business model, in which sellers pay both their broker and a buyer’s broker, which critics say have driven housing prices artificially higher.

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[+] MicroWave@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

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[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I honestly don't understand. The best understanding that I can come up with is that buyers "felt" like they couldn't negotiate with their buyers' agent, even though they totally could.

It's also been said that NAR requires sellers to provide some sort of compensation to buyers, but I've never seen this officially documented anywhere either.

What I know with absolute certainty is that I work in the field and I've taken <6% on many occasions, and even <1% on the buyer's side. If I work a buy/sell deal I don't even ask for 6%, I just write 5% in. And no one gives a shit. My broker doesn't like it but I'm the one writing the agreements.

Broker also requires 3% on buyers side but that's nothing to do with NAR. And the buyer is totally free to negotiate that with their agent upon completing a representation agreement, which is required.

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