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 ...

Real-estate agents' commissions have bounced back to the same levels they used to be before a landmark settlement last year which shook up the way they are paid for facilitating the sale of a home.

For most salespeople, the price of the goods or services they sell is set to recover their employer’s costs — including a commission — plus a specific profit. So, if a salesperson doubles their sales, ...

The much-discussed National Association of Realtors lawsuit reconfigured fees, revealing exactly what first time buyers are up against. It’s already difficult enough to buy your first home. Between ...

Last summer, a legal settlement resulted in new rules that were supposed to revolutionize the housing market in favor of sellers and buyers. The traditional 6% commission split between the buyer’s and ...

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 ...

A federal judge gave a green light to the National Association of Realtors' settlement, paving the way for an overhaul of the way people buy and sell their homes in the United States. On Tuesday, ...

The much-discussed National Association of Realtors lawsuit reconfigured fees, revealing exactly what first time buyers are up against. It’s already difficult enough to buy your first home. Between ...

Treating broker commissions in terms of percentages rather than dollars leads many sellers and buyers to overlook the cost of a house. Getty Images/iStockphoto Which would you rather pay a real estate ...