Real Estate Commissions

This is the money category. Who pays the listing side, who pays the buyer-agent side, what shows up on a net sheet after the 2024 rule changes, and how dual agency quietly takes both sides.

On a $400,000 sale, 6 percent is $24,000. Keep that number in your head. The closing-cost posts in here are about the commission line, not the $10 recording fee.

Also see: Flat Fee MLS Guides, Selling a Home.