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Class action suits, DOJ effort that changed realtors' fees appear to be saving consumers thousands
Just the News ^ | October 11, 2025 10:42 PM | Sharyl Attkisson

Posted on 10/12/2025 10:33:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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1 posted on 10/12/2025 10:33:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

In the past an owner would build that into the price.


2 posted on 10/12/2025 10:35:25 AM PDT by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine

In the present,buyer benefits because owner does not need to pad his price higher.


3 posted on 10/12/2025 10:38:25 AM PDT by Bobbyvotes (Work is worship! .... Bhagavad Geeta. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why should an agent get 10 grand on the sale of a house when all they did was print up some listings and drive around showing houses? They rank somewhere a little above a car salesman and pimp.


4 posted on 10/12/2025 10:54:58 AM PDT by dznutz
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It’s a horrible mess in Oregon. I’m still searching for property after the Almeda fire and I have to sign a 10 page agreement that they won’t let me read to even look at a friggin mobile home!
The last one wants $5,000 to show it..a $80,000 MH.

It’s impossible. It’s been so awful I have decided to stay here isolated with no heat, transportation or medical care.


5 posted on 10/12/2025 11:00:35 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Payment of the buyer agent’s fee now just gets to be a negotiated part of the deal. It hasn’t really gone away. Agents aren’t showing places for free.


6 posted on 10/12/2025 11:02:35 AM PDT by Tipllub
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To: AuntB

They are going to kill the goose that lays the golden egg because of their greed.


7 posted on 10/12/2025 11:06:31 AM PDT by dznutz
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Agents aren’t showing places for free.

My parents were in real estate. To be successful you have to live it every minute of your life. You have to be available to drive clients around any time of the day or night. It's a 24/7 job involving lots of advertising. My mom had a billboard with her face on it for 20 years at the intersection of two widely traveled highways. It cost money, but it made more money.

Agents who sit around the office drinking coffee don't fare very well.

8 posted on 10/12/2025 11:09:01 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Je suis Charlie Kirk.)
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To: AuntB

I have bought two homes, and sold one without a real estate agent involved. It isn’t rocket science, real estate agents are just a convenience, and they better learn that or their industry will be seeing more widespread reforms.


9 posted on 10/12/2025 11:14:22 AM PDT by dznutz
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Are they supposed to work for nothing?


10 posted on 10/12/2025 11:32:59 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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“Are they supposed to work for nothing?”

No..just a lower % or flat fee. Let the buyer pay his owh agent.


11 posted on 10/12/2025 11:54:17 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I know an agent personally and these changes have helped him immensely.
It has reduced unqualified buyers.
I know several other agents who are not happy too.


12 posted on 10/12/2025 11:58:54 AM PDT by sausageseller (If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. M, Thatcher)
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To: dznutz

I always handled my real estate but it’s too confusing now..too old, too sick


13 posted on 10/12/2025 12:06:41 PM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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Seller pays Seller’s agent and that agent gives Buyer’s agent a cut. It’s whatever they negotiate. Neither Seller nor Buyer cares.


14 posted on 10/12/2025 12:23:32 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Gary Gilmore the POS who murdered Charlie Kirk!)
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That’s not what I am talking about.
It’s a freaking mess! Don’t try to make it sound otherwise


15 posted on 10/12/2025 12:43:05 PM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Coffee is for closers!


16 posted on 10/12/2025 12:50:35 PM PDT by 31R1O (The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from those who can't.)
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To: AuntB

“ It’s a freaking mess! Don’t try to make it sound otherwise”

It probably is. I bought and sold several homes. Always something going on. I chose to let my agents handle that crap so I don’t have to. That’s what I paid them for. Less stress.


17 posted on 10/12/2025 12:54:53 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Gary Gilmore the POS who murdered Charlie Kirk!)
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To: Flaming Conservative

That’s a stupid question.


18 posted on 10/12/2025 1:33:17 PM PDT by dznutz
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To: AuntB

I’m going to take a wild guess here, but I am fairly certain being forced to sign any agreement without being allowed to read or have it reviewed by others would invalidate that agreement. You can’t agree to something you have no knowledge of. Tell them to go piss up a rope. Oh and report them to whatever state board licenses agents.


19 posted on 10/12/2025 1:35:02 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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I think you should try other real estate agents or watch the craigslist ads for property for sale by owner.

Can individuals sell property to each other without a real estate agent in Oregon?

https://portland.craigslist.org/search/tra#search=2~gallery~3

https://salem.craigslist.org/search/rts#search=2~thumb~0

20 posted on 10/12/2025 1:54:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Je suis Charlie Kirk.)
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