[quote=njtosd]. . . Further, I’m not sure if you’ve read the original Freakonomics book (authors are an award winning econ prof from Univ. of Chicago and a reporter for the NYT), but it includes a fascinating large scale statistical study of prices received by sellers that sold through agents versus those who went the FSBO route. Almost no difference in ultimate sale price (but the sellers obviously made the 2-3% or so that would otherwise have gone to the agent).[/quote](emphasis added)
Fascinating, njosd, I’ll look up the book.
I stand by my assertion that buying a FSBO does NOT save the buyer any money. Therefore, I would surmise that eliminating commission would shave little to nothing off the the purchase price for the buyer.
