NYC Buyer Agent Flat Fee vs Percentage Commission: The Complete 2025 Guide for Real Estate Professionals
Last updated: August 24, 2025 The way NYC buyers compensate their agents changed in 2024–2025. MLSs stopped publishing offers of compensation, written buyer-rep agreements became standard before touring, and NYC’s REBNY RLS aligned by removing compensation fields and formalizing buyer-rep requirements. For the first time, NYC homebuyers directly negotiate and pay their buyer agent flat…
