If you've glanced at the news lately, you'd think no one trusts real estate agents anymore. Between the big NAR lawsuit, the commission changes, and all the online "think pieces," it's easy to assume the traditional real estate model is falling apart.
But the actual numbers tell a completely different story.
According to the 2025 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, a record 91 percent of home sellers worked with a real estate agent this year.
That's the highest share ever recorded.
Even after a year of controversy, the share of people who sold their home without an agent dropped to five percent, an all-time low. In other words, nearly every home...