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The cost of hiring a real estate agent to buy or sell a home may soon change, along with decades-old rules that have helped determine broker commissions. The policy changes could help spur price ...

Real estate agents' fees — a pesky part of the home buying and selling process — aren't necessarily set in stone. Rather they are often negotiable, a fact that could help parties on both sides of a ...

Realtors across the U.S. are bracing for a seismic shift in the way they do business. Starting Aug. 17, new rules will roll out that overhaul the way Realtors get paid to help people buy and sell ...

Countryside at sunny autumn day in New Hampshire. From 2021 to 2022, the average real estate agent salary in New Hampshire grew by a staggering 95.5%. With mortgage rates higher than they had been in ...

What they don’t do is buy or sell property Kathryn Flynn is a finance writer and editor for 529 plans, student loans, budgeting, investing, tax planning, and insurance. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher ...

The average agent in the United States makes far less than the moneyed salespeople you see on reality TV. But a rare few have won the cutthroat game of real estate in real life. By Debra Kamin Frothy ...

If you’ve tried to buy or sell a house, you probably worked with a licensed real estate professional—there are more than 3 million of them in the U.S., and their advice and assistance are often ...