# Selling a house

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-house/395874>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 14, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-house/395874 "2007-03-14T12:46:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-house/395874/1 "2007-03-14T12:46:02Z")

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Generally speaking, how much comission does the agent take?

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**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-house/395874/2 "2007-03-14T12:51:27Z")

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6% is pretty normal.

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**Author:** ![2pelo\_honey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ecb155/32.png) [@2pelo\_honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2pelo_honey)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-house/395874/3 "2007-03-14T20:30:01Z")

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Yes, 6% is normal, split between the listing and selling agents and their brokers, but often, if buyers wander into an Open House, and have no agent, sellers can and do often limit the amount to a total of 3%.