In a nationwide Inman-Dig Insight poll of active homebuyers, fewer than 5 percent of shoppers now listing their current home said they didn’t realize that they could decline to pay buyer-side commissions.
Source: Inman News
Majority of sellers know they aren’t on hook for buyer commission: Poll
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