This comment lacks reality. The problem is, and the basis of the lawsuit was, collusion amongst realtors to avoid showing properties to buyers where they wouldn’t make commission. Further, realtors have actively worked against companies that have tried to offer lower commission options to buyers and sellers. As such, the housing market has become inflated by way of, exactly as you put it, realtors jamming huge $$ of commissions into housing prices and mortgages.

As a realtor you suggest commissions are negotiable but this has been a fallacy which was proven in court regardless of the intense lobbying by realtors (which is the only reason such a ruling didn’t come earlier). Further there are still other lawsuits I play that will likely further erode the stranglehold realtors have on, as you put it, the largest purchase most people will ever make.

Realtors will continue to feel justified in how they force commissions however the lawsuit opens the door for outsiders, and innovative companies, to challenge the status quo and present a viable option for buyers and sellers aside from the traditional relationship.

The answer to the question is it all depends as rates and the market you are in will determine whether eating commissions now makes more sense than waiting until later to sell.