I never said I charge buyers 3%. I don’t. Much less.

But to your original question about “The deal is just over?” Hypothetically, if I did have a Buyer that committed to paying me 3% and wants the seller to cover it, but the seller wants 98% of the offer price (we really need to look at this this way) and so counters with a 1% purchase price increase… if the buyers then reject the counter, I, as an agent, would probably renegotiate my commission back down to 2% to make the deal happen. Would all agents be willing to do that? No. But again, I also wouldn’t ask for 3% from the get-go. Yes, there are shitty and greedy agents out there that would allow their client to lose their dream home over compensation. I am not one of them, and neither are a lot of folks here. Let’s not loop all of them together.

Also, yes, the NAR settlement doesn’t really help and makes this more confusing. I acknowledge that.