The National Association of Realtors continues to loosen some rules that govern business norms in the residential real estate ...

Buying a house was obtainable only for the haves in 2023 as home prices and mortgage rates soared. Homebuyers’ median household income increased by $19,000 this year from 2022, reaching $107,000, ...

Under new rules, potential buyers may now be responsible for paying their agent’s commission. Some now question the need for that agent. By Rukmini Callimachi To report this story, Rukmini Callimachi ...

This summer brought big changes to how real-estate agents around the country get paid — a sweeping shift that upends who pays the broker fees, how much they pay, and to whom. The changes, which will ...

It's a good idea to interview more than one real estate agent before you decide to work with them. Buying a house is one of the biggest purchases the average American makes in his or her lifetime—and ...

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There’s a psychology to selling a house. From pricing strategies designed to inspire bidding wars to careful staging that helps you see yourself already living there, real estate agents know that ...