Selling your home is often a long and confusing process, especially if you've never done it before. And while homebuyers are subject to a much clearer set of expectations and costs—they're the ones ...

Clever's nationwide agent survey revealed that commission rates have reached a five-year high, up roughly a quarter of a percentage point from last year. A survey of 533 real estate agents nationwide ...

The real-estate industry’s landmark settlement reworked how real-estate agents get paid, raising hopes that the costs associated with home buying and selling would come down. A year later, it hasn’t ...

Everyone knows that we have a ‘stuck’ real estate market right now,” says Kimberly Schmidt, a real estate agent in San Diego.

For a long time, buying and selling a home in the U.S. generally went like this: The seller would pay a commission that would be split by the buyer's and seller's agents, often totaling 5% to 6% of ...