A major change in how commissions are charged and paid for buying and selling local real estate will go into effect on Saturday, Aug. 17. Amidst a $417 million federal anti-trust lawsuit ...

It's not an abstract concept. The summary of property values is "the essential document" used by the county, schools, cities ...

And if the latter is the case, he adds, then it’s “OK for them to leave.” Lew Sichelman has been covering real estate for more than 50 years.

Remember all the fuss about real estate agent commissions back in the summer of 2024? The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) had reached a court settlement in March that was supposed to slash the ...

Real estate agents earn a commission when a transaction closes, typically ranging from 2.5 to 3 percent of the home’s sale price. Each agent’s rate — and who pays it, buyer or seller — is ...

At Tuesday’s meeting of the County Commission, Homewise reaped what it sowed when it battled honchos of Agua Fría village over designation of city land on West Alameda two years ago. This time ...

On March 26, the Oklahoma City Council, along with Mayor David Holt, declared the month of April as Fair Housing Month.

When Mike Chambers was ready to sell his house in Boulder, Colo., last month, he interviewed a handful of real estate agents who promised he could fetch $2.75 million or more if he listed with them.

He previously covered housing, commercial real estate and related topics for the newspaper and Oklahoman.com, starting in 1999. Contact him at rmize@oklahoman.com.

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Nic Van Horn is in the middle of finding a new Chicago home for his family, and new rules on real estate agent commissions are adding some stress — even though they’re intended to help ...