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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Now that is semantics. Legally, the entire commission is paid by the seller. Just read the settlement statement where the commission is listed on the seller's side of the statement. Whatever money changes hands between the brokers is a private agreement between them. Under contract law, the buyer could never sue the broker to get back a commission because he never paid a commission.
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That's because the only time the commission is paid, is AFTER the sale has closed. At that point, the buyer ceases to be the buyer and becomes the homeowner. And the commission was built into the price he paid for the home. It's in the contract. The sales price INCLUDES the commission.