Neither agent has a fiduciary duty even to the person that hired them, in the US. That situation took a lot of lobbying to create, and takes a lot of lobbying t

Neither agent has a fiduciary duty even to the person that hired them, in the US. That situation took a lot of lobbying to create, and takes a lot of lobbying to preserve. The agents can make a deal between them that they both profit from and screws both the buyer and the seller.