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 ...

Selling a home isn’t free. Learn about the most common — and often overlooked — costs involved in selling your house, from ...

A flat fee in real estate is a charge that home sellers pay to have their home listed on the market. In a flat-fee model, a real estate agent charges a fixed rate for their services rather than a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Real estate mogul and reality TV star Ryan Serhant has opened up about the snarl of hidden fees in the process of buying or selling a home, which many customers might not even be aware of—and what he ...