Commission rates continue to hold steady at Anywhere

According to the firm’s Q2 2025 earnings report, Anywhere Brands, the company’s franchise group, recorded an average commission of 2.41% for the quarter, down from 2.42% a year ago. The firm’s owned brokerage operation, Anywhere Advisors, recorded an average commission rate of 2.38% for the quarter, up slightly from the 2.36% rate recorded in Q2 2024. 

In addition to the commission rate increasing, Anywhere Advisors also saw its gross commission income per side rise 4% annually to $19,882. For the first six months of the year, gross commission income per side was up 6%. These increases are due to an increase in average sales price. In the first half of the year, the average sales prices for a home sold by an Anywhere Advisor agent was $800,367, a 7% annual increase. 

“Following last year’s industry changes, we have seen changes in how and when negotiation of commission occurs, but average broker commission rate has been sequentially stable for the last 12 months, highlighting the value that agents bring to the transaction,” Charlotte Simonelli, Anywhere’s CFO, said during Anywhere’s Q2 2025 earnings call with investors and analysts Tuesday morning.

Prior to the business practice changes going into effect, many were predicting that commission rates would fall drastically as agents struggled to articulate and prove their value to consumers. However, thus far, the data is showing this prediction to be false.

In addition to data from Anywhere, data from a recent HousingWire survey shows that nearly 60% of agents say their buy-side commissions have stayed the same, while roughly 30% say they have decreased and 12% say they have increased.

Additionally, 82% of listing agents reported their typical sell-side commission fell in the range of 2% to 3%, the same as prior to the business practice changes going into effect.