Commission reform, the post-NAR-settlement landscape, and the practice of flat-fee representation. Short pieces. Specific claims. No filler.
A 70-year custom ended on August 17, 2024. Here is how the percentage got set in the 1940s, how it held for three generations through MLS cooperative compensation rules, how the Sitzer/Burnett antitrust verdict cracked it open, and what replaced it.
Read the full history →If percentage commissions are wrong, percentage escrow fees and percentage title insurance are worse. The risk in a title policy is binary, not proportional. Yet the pricing never adjusted.
Seven questions to ask before signing a listing agreement. Based on the Fair Fixed Fee Standards. Useful even if you work with an uncertified agent.
What the $418 million settlement changed, what it did not change, and what every buyer and seller needs to understand before their next transaction.
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