Discounts to Broker's Commissions

yes.

now.

just ask for it.

http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/ask-agent/are-real-estate-commissions-really-going-up/136/?tag=content;col1

ali r.
{downtown broker}

it depends on the aptm size
for a studio most likely no discount
for a 3bedroom 5% is more than enough

Thanks eveyone. This is helpful.

The couple we bought from got 5% from a major brokerage firm on a coop priced in the high 6 figures. We figured this out from the calculation of the seller's flip tax at closing, which was a % of profit, net of transaction costs (which included the brokerage fee). This was in the early 2000s - pre-bubble or early bubble, depending on your view - and market activity was at a decent level. I would think that in today's transaction-starved market you could do better.