Agents Earn Too Little, Consumers Pay Too Much
Download Article Stephen Brobeck, Senior Fellow, Consumer Policy Center, responding to Cara Ameer’s 12/3/25 critique in Inman of the recent CPC report on post-settlement changes impacting home buyers I agree with much of what Cara Ameer said about the challenges facing agents in her response to our report on “the homebuyer experience.” How little […]
Buyer Agents Willing to Cut Rates for Home Sellers But Not For Buyers
Download Report Washington, D.C. – Recent interviews with 281 active buyer agents in 26 metropolitan areas revealed their strong resistance to negotiating commission rates but their willingness to lower these rates when faced with pushback from home sellers. These findings were part of a report written by Stephen Brobeck and Wendy Gilch – The […]
Reducing Real Estate Commissions: Are Low-Fee Brokers A Viable Alternative For Home Sellers?
Download Report Introduction Most sellers pay 5-6 percent commissions to sell their home. On a $400,000 property, that cost is $20,000-$24,000. Further, this expense is usually the same regardless of the experience, competence, and efforts of the agent. These two factors have persuadedsome sellers to consider non-traditional options. One such option is low-commission and flat […]
Low-Fee Real Estate Brokers Can Reduce Home Selling Costs
Download Report New CPC Research Explains Different Types of Low-Fee Brokers and Identifies Specific Brokers Likely To Provide The Best Value Washington, D.C. – In the past decade, new real estate companies have been created that offer home sellers either low, or really low fees, according to a new report –Reducing Real Estate Commissions: […]
Private listings negatively impact both buyers and sellers: Watchdog
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New Zillow Policy Will Help Protect Home Buyers and Sellers From Anti-Consumer Private Listing Networks
Download Release DOJ Should Weigh in To Ensure Buyer Access to Listings and To Check Big Broker Manipulation of Sellers Washington, D.C. – On April 10, Zillow announced that beginning in May, it will no longer list properties from the private listings of brokers who are publicly marketing them. This marketing includes social media, […]
Consumers Can Save Money By Thinking And Talking About Real Estate Commissions In Dollars, Not Percentages
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Consumers to Determine the Future of the Industry
Download Media Article The Sitzer-Moehrl lawsuit settlement and new NAR rules have created confusion, controversy, and conflict within both the residential real estate industry and among its critics. All this is not surprising because no-one is completely satisfied with the terms of the settlement and because the class action litigation ended up opening a […]
Uncoupling Commissions: A Fairer Marketplace?
Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered Podcast Listen: Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered In the “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered” podcast episode titled “Uncoupling Commissions: A Fairer Marketplace?” released on September 19, 2024, hosts James and Keith engage in a comprehensive discussion with Steve Brobeck. The conversation centers on the practice of cooperative compensation and real estate commissions, […]
ARELLO Conference – Challenges Facing Regulators
I’ve been asked to provide my perspective on the role of regulation in this time of change and uncertainty, and there are plenty of both, for several reasons. New buyer and seller forms are not understood by many agents and have been criticized by both CFA and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Companies and […]
