234: The Great Decoupling is here, and RE sellers rejoice

Selling Greenville

Unexpectedly, many real estate firms this past week, including my own real estate brokerage, rolled out new policies for listings that fully decouple buyer agent commissions from listing agent commissions. The result? Well, beyond it being a confusing new system to navigate that now means a lot more back and forth between agents, some real estate sellers may end up paying fewer commissions than they have in the past. So will this mean sellers will list their homes for cheaper, making it better for buyers too? Unlikely, but let's unpack what all this means and what I am seeing firsthand the week after the most drastic changes the real estate world has seen in decades were implemented.
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