ResiClub teamed with Zoodealio—a cash-offer platform and iBuyer workflow tool—for a nationwide poll of working agents. The inaugural survey ran July 28 through Aug. 24, 2025 and captured responses from 238 professionals across every U.S. region; half of them have 15+ years in the business. The result is a street-level snapshot of urgency, leverage, pricing expectations, mortgage-rate views, attitudes toward NAR, and how commissions are actually shaking out after the 2024 settlement.
Momentum Shift: Buyers Climb Back
Agents say the frenetic buyer pace of a year ago has cooled, while sellers are more eager to transact. Markets in the Southeast, Southwest, and West show the sharpest uptick in seller motivation; the Midwest and Northeast look more even-keeled. Inventory is rebuilding in many areas, pushing conditions toward balance and giving purchasers more room to negotiate. The shift is most pronounced in the Southwest, where 96% of respondents report buyers gaining leverage over the past 12 months.
Who Will Drive Deals Next
Looking out a year, agents expect the strongest client growth to come from downsizers—an outcome they link to affordability stress and an aging population. Move-up buyers are also on the rise as life events and equity gains nudge owners to trade. Price expectations diverge by region: Midwestern agents are comparatively upbeat, while many in the Southeast, Southwest, and West foresee flat to lower prices as affordability headwinds persist.
Rates & Reputation
Nearly half of respondents (49%) think the average 30-year fixed rate will end 2025 in the 6.0%–6.5% range. Another 38% expect 6.5%–7.0%, implying rate relief from current levels but nothing approaching pandemic lows.
Views of the National Association of Realtors skew negative. Sixty-two percent describe their sentiment as unfavorable (split evenly between “very” and “somewhat”), 28% are neutral, and only a small minority hold a favorable view—evidence that NAR’s brand repair remains a work in progress.
Commissions After the Settlement
Predictions of a commission collapse haven’t materialized—at least not yet. On listing deals, 92% of agents say their most recent fee was a fixed percentage, versus 78% on the buy side. Roughly one in five buy-side transactions now use a flat-fee or other negotiated structure. Most agents still land in the familiar 2%–3% range: 87% on the sell side and 78% on the buy side report that band as typical.
The Takeaway
Across the U.S., urgency is easing for buyers and rising for sellers, tilting leverage back toward purchasers. Over the next 12 months, agents expect more activity from downsizers and move-up clients, modest strength in the Midwest (and parts of the Northeast), softer pricing in the South and West, and mortgage rates finishing 2025 somewhere between 6% and 7%. Meanwhile, NAR faces a credibility gap, and commissions—despite new rules—remain surprisingly stable.
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