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		frankbreetz on March 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Powerful Realtor Group Agrees to Slash Commissions... Will this result in buyers paying for their own Realtor? I have found the fact that the seller pays the buyers realtor fee crazy. I think a lot buyers would go with out a realtor, if they had to start paying for their own realtor.

yoyoyoyop on March 15, 2024 [–]

In Australia there’s no such thing as a buyer’s agent, just the seller’s agent (called a listing agent).

The concept of a buyer’s agent was really odd to me when we moved to the US and started looking for a house to buy..

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