Hellobee Boards Topic: What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?

Hellobee Boards Topic: What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:56:54 +0000 Worrywart on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929329 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:25:13 +0000 Worrywart 1929329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We just sold our condo in Chicago area. Our broker for the sale was 5%. We are still in the process of looking to buy and our broker for the purchase will be 2.5%. keiki_mama on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929278 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:08:48 +0000 keiki_mama 1929278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 5% in the Bay Area, California. LuLu Mom on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929276 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:07:44 +0000 LuLu Mom 1929276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6% here, split 3 and 3. HLK208 on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929265 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:02:56 +0000 HLK208 1929265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6% total. I think our selling agent went down to 2.5% because she also assisted us in buying the house to begin with. avivoca on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929254 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:57:43 +0000 avivoca 1929254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6% here as well. mrsjyw on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929246 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:55:48 +0000 mrsjyw 1929246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6% split between both agents, paid by seller fairy on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929244 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:55:19 +0000 fairy 1929244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 5-6% here too jetsa on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929232 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:52:32 +0000 jetsa 1929232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It is 6% here as well, all paid by the seller. I've heard but never tried that you can negotiate down to 5% if you are buying and selling and are willing to use one agent for both. coopsmama on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929188 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:39:07 +0000 coopsmama 1929188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Awesome! Thank you all for the head's up! :) This is our first time thinking about selling and I'm definitely clueless about a lot of this stuff. This is helping me feel more prepared for our meeting. rachiecakes on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929173 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:34:55 +0000 rachiecakes 1929173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Typically 2.5% each side here. (I work for a real estate co., Boston area) sunny on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929171 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:34:31 +0000 sunny 1929171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6% split between buyers agent and sellers agent. Seller pays all of it. That being said, many people are able to negotiate since there are competitors like Redfin. 2PeasinaPod on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929164 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:33:13 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1929164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6-7% here with half going to the buyer's agent...all paid by the seller. Mrs. Pickle on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929159 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:32:48 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1929159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6%. Three goes to the buyer's agent and three to yours. The commission is paid by the seller completely where I am. Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929138 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:26:16 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1929138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6% total, 3% on each side, and I am pretty sure we as the buyer paid. When we finally sold my husband's house in VA, I was shocked how much of the closing costs was on us *again.* NeekieRose on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929135 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:22:58 +0000 NeekieRose 1929135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3% to buyers agent and 3% to sellers agent is standard. We used Redfin to sell last time and it was only 1.5% to the sellers agent (so 4.5% total). In northern Virginia. LaughLines on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929073 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:55:38 +0000 LaughLines 1929073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ ours is also 6%, with 3% going to each side all paid by the seller. BUT - remember it IS negotiable!! When we sold our place we got the rate down to 4.5% since we had a agent who was really trying to get into our specific part of town and we also agreed to use him as our buyers agent, so he got two sides of commission but the side we paid (seller) was lower StbHisMrs on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929071 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:55:10 +0000 StbHisMrs 1929071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6% petunia354 on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929070 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:54:59 +0000 petunia354 1929070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 5-6%. Adira on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929056 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:51:58 +0000 Adira 1929056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I want to say that both the buyer's and seller's agents got 3%, so 6% total? All paid by the seller. This is in New England. coopsmama on "What % is standard for a listing realtor to make in your area?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-standard-for-a-listing-realtor-to-make-in-your-area#post-1929052 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:50:47 +0000 coopsmama 1929052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're meeting with a realtor this morning and I'm just curious what to expect. :)