The market, and what a move costs.
What a move costs in Orange County, and what's going on in housing more broadly. Our broker's been licensed since 1999 and he writes the cost pieces himself.
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- Selling your home yourself: what it costs
Selling on your own saves the listing agent's share. Most of the other costs of a sale stay exactly where they were, and a few new ones turn up.
- Flat fee or percentage, line by line
Both ways of paying a listing agent buy the same list of work. One of them charges more when the house is worth more.
- Do you get less service with a flat fee agent?
It's the first question almost every seller asks us, and it's a fair one. Here's what's included, what to check, and how to tell a full-service flat fee from an MLS-only listing.
- What it costs to sell a $1.5 million home
Commission is the biggest bill on a sale this size, and the gap between a percentage and a flat fee gets wider with every hundred thousand dollars of price. Worked at four prices.
- Home buyer rebates after the NAR settlement
The commission on a purchase gets paid to whoever brings the buyer. Where a rebate comes out of it, what the 2024 settlement rules changed, and why the credit is different on every house.
- What it really costs to sell a home in Orange County
Commission, escrow, title, the county transfer tax, and the prep nobody budgets for. Every line, with real numbers on a $900,000 sale.
