How to Find a Real Estate Agent originally appeared on usnews.com Update 06/27/25: This story was published at an earlier date and has been updated with new information.

The right real estate agent can help you find the best home for your family within your budget. They can also help you move quickly in a competitive real estate market.

Finding the right real estate agent is vital to getting the best deal you can, whether you're buying or selling a home. Here's how.

In this do-it-yourself digital age, home sellers and buyers alike might wonder if they really need real estate agents — or, more precisely, if they need to pay agent fees. Just how crucial are these ...

It's worth politely asking your agent to lower their commission fee. More than half of those who do so are successful.

How much you pay to a real estate agent to buy or sell a home is likely to go down after a victory for consumers in a federal trial in Missouri earlier this week. A jury in a case against the ...

They’re closing deals, they’re driven to “sell, sell, sell” in an ultra competitive markets. So how do real estate agents do it?