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To conduct our first-ever actual property agent survey, ResiClub partnered with Zoodealio, a cash-offer platform and iBuyer-management software program designed for actual property brokers. Among the many 238 brokers who took the survey, half (50%) have been actual property brokers for 15 years or extra.
The Zoodealio-ResiClub Actual Property Agent Survey was fielded between July 28 and August 24, 2025. Respondents included actual property brokers spanning all areas of the U.S., giving us a ground-level view of purchaser urgency, vendor motivation, leverage shifts, fee buildings, and expectations for the subsequent 12 months.
Right here’s what the outcomes revealed.
Patrons are gaining energy
Brokers report that purchaser urgency of their native market has cooled off in contrast with a 12 months in the past, whereas sellers have turn into extra pressing. Within the Southeast, Southwest, and West, brokers say vendor urgency is selecting up essentially the most, whereas Midwest and Northeast sellers are steadier.
Many brokers describe their native markets as extra balanced, with leverage tilting again towards consumers as stock builds. Purchaser energy is especially robust throughout markets within the Southwest, with 96% of brokers surveyed within the area reporting consumers gaining leverage of their native market over the previous 12 months.
Wanting forward: Agent expectations for purchasers and residential costs
When requested who they count on to drive enterprise progress over the subsequent 12 months, brokers pointed to sellers in search of downsizing choices. This progress is probably downstream of right this moment’s strained housing affordability and growing old demographics.
Brokers additionally count on the move-up purchaser class to develop.
On a relative foundation, brokers within the Midwest are barely extra bullish about native residence costs over the subsequent 12 months. In distinction, many brokers within the Southeast, Southwest, and West anticipate slight residence worth declines—and even notable drops—over the subsequent 12 months as affordability pressures proceed to squeeze.
Nationwide perspective on mortgage charges and NAR
On mortgage charges, almost half of our surveyed brokers (49%) anticipate the common 30-year mounted mortgage fee will end 2025 within the 6% to six.5% vary—decrease than right this moment however nonetheless nicely above the pandemic lows. Greater than a 3rd of respondents (38%) nonetheless suppose the common 30-year mounted mortgage fee will probably be within the 6.5% to 7% vary.
In terms of the Nationwide Affiliation of Realtors (NAR), sentiment skews damaging: 31% describe their view as very unfavorable, one other 31% considerably unfavorable, and 28% impartial. Solely a small minority of surveyed brokers expressed a good opinion of the group.
Bluntly put, NAR has a picture downside.
Commissions
After the March 2024 Nationwide Affiliation of Realtors settlement, many anticipated commissions to drop sharply. Our survey reveals some change on that entrance—however not a significant one.
On the sell-side, a dominant 92% of brokers say their most up-to-date fee was a hard and fast share, in contrast with 78% on the buy-side. Almost 1 in 5 buy-side offers now contain both a flat payment, client-negotiated mannequin, or different type of fee.
Moreover, nearly all of brokers stay within the conventional 2% to three% fee ballpark: 87% of sell-side brokers and 78% of buy-side brokers report their typical commissions fall inside that band.
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The Zoodealio-ResiClub survey outcomes present a housing market through which purchaser urgency is cooling, sellers are rising extra motivated, and leverage is shifting again towards consumers. Within the subsequent 12 months, brokers count on essentially the most shopper phase progress from downsizers and move-up consumers. In addition they predict modest residence worth positive aspects within the Northeast and Midwest; softer traits within the Southeast, Southwest, and West; and mortgage charges ending 2025 between 6% and seven%.
Submit-2024 settlement, sentiment towards NAR is essentially unfavorable, whereas commissions stay pretty secure.
