The Super Official Homeowners Thread

[D_Eclipse9916]

just curious, how much did most of you pay in closing costs (not including repairs, buyer requests) for selling homes? In the NOVA area it seems common that the seller pay for agent fees, but is that common in other areas?

6% plus some other small stuff.  It's a racket, and if we werent buying another house a state away, I would have considered redfins 1% (instead of 3%).  Paying out $39k to two real estate agents made me sick.  

Then again, our house went under contract the day it was listed with contingencies waived at the price we asked.  It's up for debate if we could have squeezed another $15-20k out of it.  It selling quickly and contingencies waived meant we didnt have to worry about doubling up on mortgage and taking care of anything 6 hours away, ces la vie.