【CNN】New real estate rules threatened to upend homebuying for Americans. Here’s what experts say has changed

Last summer, rule changes from the National Association of Realtors, the powerful real estate trade organization, threatened to upend the way Americans buy and sell homes. Some experts predicted the 6% commission, the unofficial fee for buying or selling a home, would be finished. Now, six months later, as the 2025 spring homebuying season kicks off and the turbulence caused by the new rules has faded, real estate professionals say the actual effects have been muted.

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