How much do real estate agents generally cost?

Question

How much do real estate agents generally cost?

Answer 1

6% of sale price

Answer 2

Depends if your a buyer or seller. if your represented by an agent or not. Plus Commissions are negotiable and can be much higher than these others will say and much lower than any other's have stated. But a Good general Rule is when Hiring an agent for Selling your property is you will sometimes get what you pay for. Then Put yourself in there shoes. Lets say your worth $ 20 Dollar an hour and your boss pays you that but then one payday says No I've deceided to only pay you $ 10.00  Something to think about.

Also if your wanting to be a buyer and have a buyers agent represent you Pay the Buyers Agent and let the sellers agent Keep his commission.

Answer 3

6-7% of the sale price is typical

Answer 4

It all depends... Really, if you are the seller of a house contracting with an agent to sell for you, it's typically 6-7%. If you are the buyer of a house, your agent costs YOU nothing, since they are actually paid by the sellers agent.

Answer 5

depends on where you live and the price you have on it. most charge upto 8.5%