总结一下，经纪行业协会取消6%的不合理房产经纪费规定，将来美国房产交易的经纪费由市场决定，回归到1-2%，行业协会赔偿卖房人多付的费用，有谁前几年卖房的可以拿到一点退费了，另外司法部将继续调查经纪协会的不正当垄断和收霸王费的情况。这对买卖双方都是好处。 American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost of selling their homes after a real estate trade group agreed to a landmark deal that will eliminate a bedrock of the industry, the 6 percent sales commission.
The National Association of Realtors, a powerful organization that has set the guidelines for home sales for decades, has agreed to settle a series of lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and by eliminating its rules on commissions. Legal counsel for N.A.R. approved the agreement early Friday morning, and The New York Times obtained a copy of the signed document.
The deal, which lawyers anticipate will be filed within weeks and still needs a federal court’s approval, would end a multitude of legal claims from home sellers who argued that the rules forced them to pay excessive fees. Representatives for N.A.R. were not immediately available for comment.
Housing experts said the deal, and the expected savings for homeowners, could trigger one of the most significant jolts in the U.S. housing market in 100 years. “This will blow up the market and would force a new business model ,” said Norm Miller, a professor emeritus of real estate at the University of San Diego.
Americans pay roughly $100 billion in real estate commissions annually, and real estate agents in the United States have some of the highest standard commissions in the world. In many other countries, commission rates hover between 1 and 3 percent. In the United States, most agents specify a commission of 5 or 6 percent, paid by the seller. If the buyer has an agent, the seller’s agent agrees to share a portion of the commission with that agent when listing the home on the market.
An American homeowner currently looking to sell a $1 million home should expect to spend up to $60,000 on real estate commissions alone, with $30,000 going to his agent and $30,000 going to the agent who brings a buyer. Even for a home that costs $400,000 — close to the current median for homes across the United States — sellers are still paying around $24,000 in commissions, a cost that is baked into the final sales price of the home.
The lawsuits argued that N.A.R., and brokerages who required their agents to be members of N.A.R., had violated antitrust laws by mandating that the seller’s agent make an offer of payment to the buyer’s agent, and setting rules that led to an industrywide standard commission of 5 or 6 percent. Without that rate essentially guaranteed, agents will now most likely have to lower their commissions as they compete for business. Economists estimate that commissions could now be reduced by 30 percent, driving down home prices across the board. The opening of a free market for Realtor compensation could mirror the shake-up that occurred in the travel industry with the emergence of online broker sites such as Expedia and Kayak.
“The forces of competition will be let loose,” said Benjamin Brown, co-chairman of the antitrust practice at Cohen Milstein and one of the lawyers who hammered out the settlement. “You’ll see some new pricing models, and some new and creative ways to provide services to home buyers. It’ll be a really exciting time for the industry.”
Under the settlement, tens of millions of home sellers will likely be eligible to receive a small piece of a consolidated class-action payout.
American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost of selling their homes after a real estate trade group agreed to a landmark deal that will eliminate a bedrock of the industry, the 6 percent sales commission.
The National Association of Realtors, a powerful organization that has set the guidelines for home sales for decades, has agreed to settle a series of lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and by eliminating its rules on commissions. Legal counsel for N.A.R. approved the agreement early Friday morning, and The New York Times obtained a copy of the signed document.
The deal, which lawyers anticipate will be filed within weeks and still needs a federal court’s approval, would end a multitude of legal claims from home sellers who argued that the rules forced them to pay excessive fees. Representatives for N.A.R. were not immediately available for comment.
Housing experts said the deal, and the expected savings for homeowners, could trigger one of the most significant jolts in the U.S. housing market in 100 years. “This will blow up the market and would force a new business model ,” said Norm Miller, a professor emeritus of real estate at the University of San Diego.
Americans pay roughly $100 billion in real estate commissions annually, and real estate agents in the United States have some of the highest standard commissions in the world. In many other countries, commission rates hover between 1 and 3 percent. In the United States, most agents specify a commission of 5 or 6 percent, paid by the seller. If the buyer has an agent, the seller’s agent agrees to share a portion of the commission with that agent when listing the home on the market.
An American homeowner currently looking to sell a $1 million home should expect to spend up to $60,000 on real estate commissions alone, with $30,000 going to his agent and $30,000 going to the agent who brings a buyer. Even for a home that costs $400,000 — close to the current median for homes across the United States — sellers are still paying around $24,000 in commissions, a cost that is baked into the final sales price of the home.
The lawsuits argued that N.A.R., and brokerages who required their agents to be members of N.A.R., had violated antitrust laws by mandating that the seller’s agent make an offer of payment to the buyer’s agent, and setting rules that led to an industrywide standard commission of 5 or 6 percent. Without that rate essentially guaranteed, agents will now most likely have to lower their commissions as they compete for business.
Economists estimate that commissions could now be reduced by 30 percent, driving down home prices across the board. The opening of a free market for Realtor compensation could mirror the shake-up that occurred in the travel industry with the emergence of online broker sites such as Expedia and Kayak.
“The forces of competition will be let loose,” said Benjamin Brown, co-chairman of the antitrust practice at Cohen Milstein and one of the lawyers who hammered out the settlement. “You’ll see some new pricing models, and some new and creative ways to provide services to home buyers. It’ll be a really exciting time for the industry.”
Under the settlement, tens of millions of home sellers will likely be eligible to receive a small piece of a consolidated class-action payout.
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也不是说定价/收费越低越有市场，包从几十块的草包到几百万的限量款的，女人从倒贴到上嫁王妃的，房产经纪从500块flat fee到full commission，还有专找特殊房源不上限佣金的。没有固定模式和统一评价标准，存在即合理，对接匹配的阶层和客户群是关键，有人欣赏/看对眼/认可你的价值并买账就说明有价值。
好比把H包推给把性价比看的最重要的顾客不会有市场，同理给想找trophy wife的富豪推荐长相一般的经济适用女也看不对眼。
其他国家的经纪一样的活 买方卖方各收1%
🛋️ 沙发板凳
感觉不应该超过 一万块。
太同意了，以前信息有限还好说，现在agent 和客户有同样的信息量，开门就拿6%，简直不可理喻。
没错，而且这种应该是按时付费。
同问，这是已经确定了吗？还是只是提案之类？ 如果确定了，那真是大快人心啊
对， 一直觉得卖家付买家agent的commission， 不是conflict of interest 吗， 买家的利益怎么保障， 双方只想close the deal, 买家冤大头啊
现在房产经纪的主要作用是啥？ 交易的时候，帮忙做paperwork? 信息上他们没有任何优势呀 我买房的时候，都是自己网上看到房子发给agent 她很少有啥信息给我
怎么可能这么简单。 经纪行业协会把自己的行业取消？commission少了肯定其他地方会收的，可能没那么多了。他们也要维持生活。
没有好的agent，你是抢不到房子的
所以你是agent？🤭
当房子要靠抢才能买到时，就应该呼吁多建房。
所以是agent 人为制造了信息不对等， 不透明 来稳固他们的行业。
买家卖家对他们来说是刀板上的鱼肉
好房子，十个人抢，你要是不想加ridiculous的高价，谁能帮你拿到高胜率价格？显然是靠谱agent
全世界只有美国的房产经纪拿6%的费用，非常离谱。 费用降下来之后，靠谱的agent就死光了吗，还是好的房子就从市面上消失了？
两万也太多了，两千还差不多
所以竞价呀，不需要一刀切6%啊。 要抢的房子可以给agent出高价啊。不需要抢的就少一点呗 而且现在agent fee 是卖房人出啊。需要被抢的房子，他根本不需要出那么多agent fee好不好。应该是买房人出啊。现在这个体系很奇怪呀
市场经济，应该允许商量和浮动，差的经纪人，也许按照小时付费率就可以，好的经纪人，也许值得付3%。
我建新房谈合同的时候，我和房产商说我没有打算用买方经纪人，价格能不能降低3%，要不2%也行？Builder说，不管我有没有买方经纪人，价格是一样的，这样，我第二天就请了个房产中介做我的买方代理，而这个中介没有给我做任何事情，就最后close的时候出现了一个小时，就拿了3%。这个体制相当不合理的，早该改进了。
啊？？？ 我以为你马上找了中介做代理， 商量好3%中介费他拿走5000块 剩下都是你的呢
哈哈哈，我肯定也有好处的，这个就不说了。
中介市场的主要问题是垄断 无论什么水平的中介，什么价位的房子，什么样的市场，都收6% 如果没有垄断，卖家和买家可以跟中介根据情况商量具体费用，双方自愿 你收多少费用都没问题
agent靠什么抢，还不是买家的钱
这就好笑了，被agent撺掇着出ridiculous高价的买家不在少数吧。我自己也卖过房子，就是找着出价高的现金多的好close的offer呗，对方agent是条狗都可以。
以前买回国机票也要找代理，电话里折腾大半天，还要把自己护照信息和信用卡信息全部给代理。这种行业就是寄生虫，根本不创造价值，只把简单问题复杂化。
同意~
我卖房子时还是看哪个offer的出价高，如果出价一样再看些鸡毛蒜皮的，不过很少看到一模一样的出价，尤其是高价。对方经纪是谁完全不在我的考量范围中。
这个比喻很恰当。之所以这个行业还支棱着就是协会在后面运作垄断。不过我觉得大势所趋，也不会支撑太久了。
非常赞同！ 现在还有人用travel agent 吗？
你为啥要找啊，能返还些rebate?
哈哈
难道不是money talk
对，房产经纪变成买房大军了。 房地产市场都靠他们买。 什么逻辑。
好房子放在透明的市场， 价高者得， 这难道不是最符合卖家得利益？ 而买家也是在市场上选择喜欢并且负担起的价格最低的房子。
市场是最有效的， 垄断的都是被憎恨的
其实大家反感的不是agent 是这个一刀切的垄断制度 如果没有垄断统一收费6% 你自己去跟卖家买家商量具体工作内容和费用 有人愿意出60%请你，那是你的本事，别人管不着
就这么点重复的工作，卖个四百万的房，就值3% 12万美金？你才是对客户的辛苦钱没有任何尊重吧。
是有些工作要做，可是在湾区卖一个200M房就挣好6万了，这也太容易了。
卖房的人付所有
做这些工作总共需要十个小时吗？这行的门槛就是那个房产经纪人几个晚上的培训课程，比上其他专业多年的职业培训？
对这个agent来说，已经很难了，做不了任何再难的事情了，所以觉得不被appreciate吧。
你觉得他们一年能买几个2M的？没有周末，客户随叫随到，你觉得这工作很容易么？
反正我自己三四次买卖房基本全是靠自己，我都是自己看准了，在网上做了大量研究工作，然后看房真的就两个周末就搞定了。真不知道凭什么要给agent给那么多commission？不少agent的当地市场对经济的走势还没有我了解，因为自己的利益驱使，给我的建议都是垃圾建议，不知道他们有什么专业知识？房屋有什么问题，多找几家inspection company从各个角度分析就好了，或者以后可以成立中立的估值公司，把所有信息放到网上竞价，不是更好么？能极大的降低交易成本。
哪个总统能真正打掉房地产agent这个行业的利润，我就投哪个总统。
为啥赔偿卖房人？这费用难道不是都打到价格里了？最后还是买方扛啊。
不知道Selling Sunset会不会有新一季？