Perhaps true but if you are buying and don't have a broker you can already reduce the price 3% by not having the seller pay any buyer broker fees. That's a gar

Perhaps true but if you are buying and don't have a broker you can already reduce the price 3% by not having the seller pay any buyer broker fees. That's a garaunteed 60% discount off of you hypothetical 5% that the agent would have negotiated.