Meet the real estate CEO who wants to reshape how Americans buy and sell homes

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It's almost 9 p.m. on a Wednesday in November, and Robert Reffkin is working the phones.

4 people who bought and sold homes without a traditional real-estate agent break down how and why they did it

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The rules for real estate have changed. Here's how you can profit from the upheaval.

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A $418 million settlement could help American homebuyers save tens of thousands of dollars. But the path to ownership is still lined with hazards.

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I'm a New York real-estate agent who's not worried about losing guaranteed commission. Here's what I'm doing to replace those funds.

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The new first rule of home buying: fire your realtor

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The best part of (briefly) having an agent was realizing just how much I had already figured out on my own.

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Last summer, when I told my then-girlfriend that I had just hired a real-estate agent to help me buy an apartment, her response annoyed me: "Sounds like a scam."

Why buying a home isn't likely to get much cheaper even under Biden's housing plan

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Home prices could go down now that the biggest group of real-estate agents agreed to lower commissions

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Real estate stocks plunge as NAR agrees to landmark settlement that rewrites rules on commissions

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The NAR agreed to a groundbreaking settlement on Friday.

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The homes your real-estate agent doesn't want you to see

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Real-estate agent commissions have barely budged over decades. Critics blame a shady practice known as "steering."

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The frozen housing market may be starting to thaw

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The frozen housing market is showing signs of thawing.

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