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Old 01-28-2022, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by rustyp View Post
Insanity is the real estate commission. At 6% in April it was $20700. 9 months latter the same house commission is $42000. According to some sources people are standing in line to buy houses. The way I see it the real estate firm is doing less work and less advertising expenses at a minimum. Are the sellers really paying these (fill in the blank) kind of commissions ?
Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate. We paid our agent 1.25 % and the buyer 2.5% when we sold our home in Texas to move here.