Real Estate Commissions After the Lawsuit: What Actually Changed

The 2024 NAR settlement was supposed to bring real estate commissions down. Two years later, buyer-agent commissions have barely moved — by some measures they've crept up. So what actually changed, and why does the day-to-day still feel the same?In episode 2 of Disclosures, Nick and Dave walk through the history that got us here: how buyer agency was invented in the first place, why buyers historically had no say in what their own agent got paid, what the Sitzer/Burnett settlement actually required, and how steering worked when commission offers were hidden on the back end of the MLS.Then we get practical. If you're buying a home, the single most useful thing to understand is this: what you pay your buyer's agent affects your leverage on every offer you make. We break down a million-dollar example showing how a flat fee can either come back to you as a price reduction or make your offer more competitive at no extra cost — and why most buyers never have that conversation.Whether you're buying or selling in Clark County or just trying to understand what the lawsuit really did, this one's for the people who read the contract.Book a strategy call: https://www.thetartanteam.com/bookMore at thetartanteam.comConnect with Nick: [email protected] with Dave: [email protected]