The right sales commission structure can be the difference between an average income and earning six figures a year as a salesperson. For ambitious sales professionals, understanding and negotiating ...

Homeownership has long been a cornerstone of wealth building in the United States, yet recent changes in the real estate industry are raising concerns among Black real estate professionals. These ...

The Department of Justice has recently weighed in on the real estate agent commission debate, and researchers at the Federal Reserve have also added to the discussion. In a working paper published in ...

Changes in commission structures directly impact the cost of buying or selling a property, and given the increase in transparency the new rules provide, these costs can be more closely managed. In the ...

On October 31, 2023, a federal jury handed down the verdict: the National Association of Realtors and several national brokerages (collectively, NAR) “conspired to require home sellers to pay the ...

With the numbers showing a slight dip in commission percentages, one might assume the impact of the NAR settlement is minor. However, agents are discovering that the challenges are about more than ...