{"id":19858,"date":"2025-07-28T02:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=19858"},"modified":"2025-07-29T18:23:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T01:23:21","slug":"cost-of-selling-a-house-with-a-realtor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/cost-of-selling-a-house-with-a-realtor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cost of Selling a House with a Realtor: The Math Says It\u2019s Worth It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Selling your house with a Realtor\u00ae is like hiring an accountant to do your taxes, or getting a lawyer to draft up your estate plan. You\u2019re, in essence, paying the cost of a professional for their skills and services to accomplish new and unfamiliar tasks, and 90% of home sellers choose to work with a real estate agent as of 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Anytime you hire someone, you deserve full transparency into what they\u2019re going to charge you, and the true value of their services. And the way Realtors get paid<\/a> does not always feel like familiar territory. We\u2019re here to explain what commissions are and the value home sellers are realizing by opting to work with a Realtor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many homeowners think they can pocket more money by going it alone. We break down why the cost of selling a house with a Realtor is worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":52545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[321,238],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attract-buyers","category-working-with-agents"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCost of Selling a House with a Realtor: The Math Says It\u2019s Worth It<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many homeowners think they can pocket more money by going it alone. 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