Real estate agents have done their best to limit competition. It is only recently that they have been forced to allow discount firms to list their properties on MLS.
Realtors are still attempting to use the force of government to limit competition. Unfortunately for them, the internet will be the undoing of their last efforts to keep others out of the business.
“Realtors are still attempting to use the force of government to limit competition.”
Nobody is FORCED to use a real estate agent. Nobody. If a seller does not feel that the advantages of listing with a real estate agent does not support the fee, they will not list and sell their property another way.