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The typical commission rate paid to brokerages representing homebuyers has fallen to its lowest point in at least four years, according to a new\u00a0report\u00a0<\/a>from Redfin<\/strong>. Redfin found the typical U.S. buyer\u2019s agent commission was 2.63% of the home-sale price during the three months ending Nov. 30, 2021\u2014down from 2.69% a year earlier and the lowest rate in Redfin\u2019s records, which date back to 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RealTrends<\/strong> tracks total gross commission which is now around 4.94%. According to Steve Murray, senior advisor of RealTrends. “This is not new news for me. While we don’t track commissions by side, we do track the transaction sides of commissions in total. That would mean their data is correct, and the listing side commission is approximately 2.3%.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average national commission rate has been consistently falling for years. According to RealTrends data, we\u2019ve set a new, low average national commission rate, in the range of 4.9 to 4.94%, down from 5.40% in 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Redfin\u2019s analysis focuses on the commission rate offered to the brokerage representing the buyer. Data on the typical commission rate paid to brokerages representing sellers is not available.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fierce Competition May Be Contributing to the Falling Commission Rate<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s competitive housing market may be accelerating the decline in the buy-side commission rate, Redfin agents say. Sellers and their agents understand they\u2019ll likely be able to find a buyer regardless of the commission they offer to the buyer\u2019s agent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re experiencing a historic shortage of houses for sale. Sellers know their home is a hot commodity and will likely attract multiple offers no matter what, so they\u2019ve started offering the buyer\u2019s agents a 2% or 2.5% fee instead of 3%,\u201d said Joe Hunt, Redfin\u2019s market manager in Phoenix. \u201cWhy would you offer 3% when you know you could offer less and sell your home for the same price?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murray has a different take on this data. “From 30 years of RealTrends data, we\u2019ve found that the persistent decline in the average national commission rate can be attributed to competition among agents competing for listings. It has little to do with the rise of real estate portals, growth in discount brokerage or other factors,” says Murray.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Dollar Terms, Commissions Earned by Buyers\u2019 Agents Have Climbed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

While the average commission rate<\/em> has been declining, the dollar value of buy-side commissions has been on the rise. At $12,415, the average commission fee a buyer\u2019s agent received during the three months ending Nov. 30 was up 6.9% from a year earlier and up 29.2% from the same period in 2017. That\u2019s a function of rising home prices. The median sale price of U.S. homes surged 15% year over year to $383,100 in November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne might think the surge in home prices that\u2019s driving up commissions in dollar terms is also what\u2019s causing sellers to offer lower commission in percentage terms,<\/em>\u00a0but that\u2019s likely not the case,\u201d said Redfin’s Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather. \u201cInstead, sellers are probably offering lower commission rates because they realize that a well-priced home in this extreme seller\u2019s market will likely attract buyers on its own.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairweather continued: \u201cWith home prices so high, the seller, their agent and the buyer\u2019s agent are splitting a pie of funds that\u2019s bigger than ever. So even though the buyer\u2019s agent is technically getting a smaller share of the pie, their check is 6.9% bigger than it was a year ago. That could change if home prices start to level off.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York and Massachusetts Have Relatively Low Commission Rates<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In Nassau County, NY, home sellers paid a 1.98% average commission to the buyer\u2019s agent during the three months ending Nov. 30\u2014the lowest rate among the 32 metros in Redfin\u2019s analysis. Nassau County was the only metro with an average commission rate below 2%. Next came Boston (2.21%), Riverside (2.22%), Anaheim (2.25%) and New Brunswick (2.3%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 2.94%, Kansas City, MO and Columbus, OH had the highest commission rates. Next came Austin, TX (2.92%), Virginia Beach, VA (2.91%), Houston (2.90%) and Dallas (2.88%). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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