An Arizona couple decided to sell their home, but when their son said he would buy it, the real estate broker wanted a 5% cut ...

Real estate agents don’t earn a salary. Instead, they generally make money through commissions, getting paid only when a deal closes. This means they can work with a client for months without ...

How much is a real estate agent commission—and who actually pays it? These are common questions among homebuyers and sellers navigating a real estate transaction, and the answers have changed recently ...

The question at stake was whether or not an NAR rule that requires home sellers to pay the fees of the agent representing the buyer – the standard 5% or 6% total commission on the final sales price ...

A $418 million settlement by the powerful National Association of Realtors could potentially lead to billions of dollars in savings for home buyers and sellers. The landmark deal upends policies that ...

McCauley served as real estate commissioner under Gov. Gavin Newsom. He is the former chief deputy director of the California Department of Housing and Community Development and is a member of the ...

Far removed from the glittering penthouses of Manhattan or the sprawling estates of Palm Beach, hundreds of thousands of agents pound a humbler pavement. Those who sell detached $400,000 single-family ...

Q: A lady I know recently purchased a country club property together with her stepfather. The club’s board decided they couldn’t be members because the stepfather was married to her mother, which ...