In this do-it-yourself digital age, home sellers and buyers alike might wonder if they really need real estate agents — or, more precisely, if they need to pay agent fees. Just how crucial are these ...

A flat fee in real estate is a charge that home sellers pay to have their home listed on the market. In a flat-fee model, a real estate agent charges a fixed rate for their services rather than a ...

Daily, my inbox contains another article regurgitating the same tired rhetoric about the real estate lawsuits and the (proposed) settlements. Invariably, these same articles classify all real estate ...

Fee simple absolute is a type of property ownership that grants the owner full rights to use, sell, lease, or transfer the property without restrictions. It remains in effect indefinitely unless ...

If you sold a home and paid fees to your agent, you could be part of a class action settlement for real estate commissions. Clifford led How To coverage. He spent a handful of years at Peachpit Press, ...