Why real estate commissions will fall


	Why real estate commissions will fall

rmowery

3-11-2006 10:26 PM

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Factors beyond the control of real estate brokers will drive down their commissions over the next few years. That's according to Brad Inman, a former real estate broker himself and the founder of <i>Inman News</i>, an independent real estate news service.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/10/real_estate/commissions_driven_down/index.htm"><P>
The most crucial of the 10 factors Inman cites are:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/10/real_estate/commissions_driven_down/index.htm"><B>The recent launch of web sites that perform many of the traditional agent functions.</B></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0D3F1170-698C-479C-AB6D-0CCE3C38B79D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>