Whether you’re looking to start a career in real estate, already have one or are involved in real estate transactions, you may find yourself wondering about industry terminology and job titles. The ...

Julia Hawley is a full-time writer focusing on investing. She combines her writing skills with her experience in personal wealth management. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a corporate IT ...

A real estate agent helps facilitate buying and selling homes. You'll likely work closely with your agent throughout the buying or selling process. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our ...

Will there be a future without real estate agents? The short answer is no. Real estate agents are highly unlikely to go the way of the Caspian tiger or Guam flying fox anytime soon. Still, it seems ...

“Messy” could be the perfect word to describe a successful real estate broker in the 1980s. And one would take pride in being messy, for brokers worked with listings cut directly out of the newspaper ...

The average agent in the United States makes far less than the moneyed salespeople you see on reality TV. But a rare few have won the cutthroat game of real estate in real life. By Debra Kamin Frothy ...

The cost of hiring a real estate agent to buy or sell a home may soon change, along with decades-old rules that have helped determine broker commissions. The policy changes could help spur price ...

The recent NAR settlement could change how buyers and sellers pay their agents Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Aly J. Yale is a contributor at Buy Side and an expert on real estate, ...