How Agents Are Paid — and How It’s Changing

House Talk with Liz Moore · Nov 13, 2025 · 5m

🎧 Episode: “How Agents Are Paid — and How It’s Changing”

In this episode of HouseTalk, your host Liz Moore—with 40 years of local real-estate experience in Southeastern and Central Virginia—takes you behind the scenes of how real-estate agent compensation really works, and what the landmark National Association of Realtors (NAR) lawsuit settlement means for buyers, sellers and agents here in Virginia.

What she’ll cover:

A clear breakdown of the traditional model: how sellers have typically paid a commission—often around 5%-6% of the sale price—that gets split between the listing agent and the…