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Who pays Realtor fees in Texas?<\/h2>\n
In a typical garden variety real estate transaction in Texas before August 2024, the Realtor fees were usually paid by the seller. On March 15, 2024, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced<\/a> a landmark lawsuit settlement that changed the way real estate agent commissions are handled. These changes started in August 2024 and have \u201cdecoupled\u201d seller and buyer agent compensation, putting the listing agent\u2019s fee on the seller\u2019s tab while buyers are now responsible for paying their own Realtor fees<\/a>. However, in some markets, sellers are still offering to pay the buyer\u2019s agent commissions.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile they can vary, 3% for each agent is pretty common \u2014 both on the buyer side and on the list agent’s side \u2014 for a total of 6%,\u201d explains top-performing Dallas County agent Jeremy Larsen<\/a>, who works with 65% more single-family homes than the average Dallas agent. \u201cThe 6% is calculated based on the sales price of the house.\u201d<\/p>\n On a property worth the current statewide median home sale price of around $340,000<\/a>, 6% amounts to $20,400 in commission costs for a seller who offers to pay the buyer\u2019s agent fee on top of the listing agent fee.<\/p>\n \u201cSome agents in Texas do charge a transaction fee, either themselves directly or through their brokerage,\u201d Larsen explains. \u201cI’ve seen transaction fees for buyers or sellers range from $200 to $495. It depends on the individual agent or brokerage, but that’s the minority of the cases; it\u2019s not common.\u201d<\/p>\n Using an overall statewide average of 6%, here\u2019s a breakdown of how much you might pay in Realtor fees based on what a home sells for in six of the largest cities in Texas:<\/p>\nWhat’s the average Realtor fee in Texas?<\/h2>\n