Today I received an email from DR Horton offering 5% commission on select homes closing in the next 40 days: What I'm wondering is at what point do commissions get so lucrative that it can severely influence an agent's actions in representing their buyer? Since discussing "usual" or "typical" commissions in a public forum can lead to antitrust issues, I won't discuss numbers but I will say that 5% is above any buyer cooperative commission (buy-side only) that I've ever received. For as long as I've been in … [Read more...]
