Average Commission Rate for a REALTOR® in Portland?
National average for commission rates:
- 1992 = 6.04%
- 2005 = 5.02%
- 2011 = 5.3%
- 2013 = 5.38%
- 2014 = 5.18%
Information derived from Real Trends, an industry publishing and consulting firm. They obtain their data from conducting surveys with brokerage companies.
Commission Trends
According to the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics Jan. 2014 report, commission rates tend to increase during a down housing market and decrease during a housing market boom. You can see this reflected in the above real estate commission rate chart.
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