Let’s say the seller’s agent is getting a 6% commission. Isn’t that usually split 50-50 with the buyer’s agent, so that the seller’s agent is really only getting 3%? If I can handle the transaction myself, and I purchase a house for $600K, don’t I save 18K by having the seller’s agent credit me (rather than a buyer’s agent) for half of the commission? Or do sellers’ agents simply refuse to do that because they hate to deal with unrepresented buyers?
