{"id":81708,"date":"2025-08-12T05:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?p=81708"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T23:56:53","slug":"commissions-q2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/commissions-q2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Buyer\u2019s Agent Commissions Tick Up to Pre-NAR Settlement Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average U.S. buyer\u2019s agent commission rose to 2.43% in the second quarter from 2.38% a year earlier.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commissions rose across all price tiers, with the average buyer\u2019s commission for homes under $500,000 reaching the highest level in nearly two years.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average U.S. buyer\u2019s agent commission was 2.43% for homes sold in the second quarter, up from 2.38% a year earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was the third consecutive quarter that commissions ticked a little higher after new National Association of Realtors (NAR) commissions rules <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/17\/business\/nar-realtor-settlement-what-changes-wellness\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">went into effect<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in August 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-g8zE0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"Buyer's Agent Commissions Tick Up For Third Consecutive Quarter\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/g8zE0\/3\/\" height=\"439\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Line chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";r.style.height=d}}})}();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is according to an analysis of Redfin\u2019s data on buyer\u2019s agent commissions for closed home sales. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The analysis reflects national commission rates, using national, aggregated sales data from Redfin agents&#8217; listings, deals referred by Redfin.com to partner agents, and deals where buyers used Bay Equity Home Loans. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please see the end of this report for more details on methodology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Commissions return to same level as when new NAR rules were announced<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commissions are now back to the same level they were sitting at in the first quarter of 2024, when NAR first announced a settlement dictating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/the-facts\/nar-settlement-faqs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">new commission rules<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in response to a class action lawsuit brought by home sellers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immediately after the settlement was announced, commissions declined, dropping to a low of 2.36% in the third quarter of 2024. They fell at that time partly because the settlement shed light on sellers\u2019 ability to negotiate commissions down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past year, buyer\u2019s agent commissions have slowly but steadily increased back to pre-settlement levels. That\u2019s because in much of the country, buyers have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/sellers-vs-buyers-price-impact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">negotiating power<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over sellers, and that includes the ability to negotiate higher paydays for their agents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the settlement announcement in early 2024, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/the-facts\/nar-settlement-faqs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NAR agreed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to create new rules about the way commissions offered to buyer\u2019s agents are communicated. Here\u2019s how NAR describes the new rules:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBuyers and their agents will need to reach an agreement regarding how the agent will be compensated for their services and put it in writing prior to touring a home. \u2026 Offers of compensation (when a seller or a seller\u2019s agent shares compensation with a buyer\u2019s agent) can no longer be shared on Multiple Listing Services (MLS). \u2026 Offers of compensation are still an option but must be communicated off-MLS if a seller chooses to make an offer available.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Agents report differences in commission negotiations, depending on the market\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As noted above, the housing market has shifted in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/sellers-vs-buyers-price-impact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">favor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of buyers. There were 500,000-plus more sellers than buyers in the U.S. housing market in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/data-center\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the biggest disparity since Redfin started keeping track in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With so few buyers in the market, sellers are more likely to pay a higher commission to close a deal. But the power buyers have over sellers varies from market to market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/andrew-vallejo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrew Vallejo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Redfin Premier real estate agent in Austin, TX, said most buyer\u2019s agents now request a commission of 3%, up from 2.5%-2.75% prior to the NAR settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAustin\u2019s market is slow, so buyers have a lot more power,\u201d he said. \u201cBuyers can walk away if the seller does not pay the buyer\u2019s agent commission, and they\u2019ll likely be able to find another home they like with a seller who <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">willing to pay what the buyer is asking for to offload their home. Since the NAR settlement, there has been a lot more discussion about commissions with clients, and more sellers are trying to counter with a lower commission rate, but in most cases, in today\u2019s market, the buyer can stay firm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Kansas City, MO, many sellers are still paying the commission rate requested by buyers, according to local Redfin Premier agent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/jo-chavez\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jo Chavez<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI&#8217;ve had more sellers ask about offering no commission, or a low commission, since the new rules went into effect. But very few have opted to counter below what a buyer\u2019s agent asks for,\u201d she said. \u201cThere may be a little more negotiation now, but the end result is still typically the same\u2014a seller paying 3%, or close to 3%, to the buyer\u2019s agent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Minneapolis, agents say some buyers are willing to be more flexible with commission requests for their agents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMost buyers in our market have been coming in with an expectation of a 2.7% commission to their agent,\u201d said <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">local Redfin Premier agent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/emily-olson\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emily Olson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cThat said, I\u2019ve been seeing some flexibility lately, and I&#8217;ve had success negotiating it down to 2.5% in a number of cases.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Commissions for homes under $500,000 rise to highest level since 2023<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commissions rose slightly across all price tiers in the second quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For homes that sold for <\/span><b>less than $500,000<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the average buyer\u2019s agent commission was <\/span><b>2.52%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014up from 2.50% in the prior quarter and 2.45% a year earlier. It was the highest average commission for the price tier since the third quarter of 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For homes that sold for <\/span><b>$500,000 to $999,999<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the average buyer\u2019s agent commission was <\/span><b>2.34%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014up from 2.31% in the prior quarter and 2.31% a year earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For homes that sold for<\/span><b> $1 million or more<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the first quarter, the average buyer\u2019s agent commission was <\/span><b>2.21%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014up from an all-time low of 2.19% the previous quarter, but still down three basis points from 2.24% a year earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-pQ8WS\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"Agent Commissions Inch Up Across All Price Tiers\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/pQ8WS\/2\/\" height=\"469\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Line chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";r.style.height=d}}})}();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt the entry-level price point under $500,000, buyers are struggling to just purchase the house, so it is rare that a commission is negotiated,\u201d said Andrew Vallejo, the Austin Redfin agent. \u201cBuilders are mostly paying 3% or more, so if there are any new homes in competition with our listings, we have to cover the buyer agent commission to stay competitive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Methodology<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The commission data in this report are based on Redfin\u2019s data on buyer\u2019s agent commissions for closed home sales. The commission data are from several sources: N<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ational, aggregated information from sales of Redfin agents&#8217; listings, deals referred by Redfin and closed by Redfin partner agents, and deals in which a buyer used Bay Equity Home Loans.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The data includes a sample of thousands of transactions per quarter. The analysis excludes the majority of deals in which Redfin agents represented the buyer because the goal of this analysis is to track fees across the real estate industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Note:<\/i><\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This study reflects national commission rates. Redfin&#8217;s lower fee structure has saved customers over a billion dollars, and the company remains focused on keeping costs down for consumers.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The average U.S. buyer\u2019s agent commission rose to 2.43% in the second quarter from 2.38% a year earlier. Commissions rose across all price tiers, with the average buyer\u2019s commission for homes under $500,000 reaching the highest level in nearly two years. 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