What selling a Houston home costs in commission.
Put in your price and the rates you were quoted. The calculator starts from $340,000, an example price for a home in Houston, not a statistic. Commission is negotiable, not standard.
Arithmetic on the numbers in the boxes — the starting price and rate are examples; type your own — not a quote or a forecast. There is no standard commission — rates are negotiable — and a “total” figure combines the listing agent’s fee with any compensation you choose to offer a buyer’s agent, which is a separate decision.
How much is real estate commission on a home in Houston, TX?
It depends on the sale price and the rates you agree: commission is negotiable, not standard. As an example, on a $340,000 home the 5.46% national average total commission in the Clever Real Estate survey of 434 agents, August 2026, which adds the listing and buyer-agent sides together, is about $18,564; the listing side alone at the 2.76% average is about $9,384, and each point of commission is about $3,400. $340,000 is an example price for a home in Houston, not a statistic. Offering compensation to a buyer's agent is the seller's choice, according to the National Association of Realtors' consumer guide.
What we hold for Houston: 979 automated estimates, most fetched in August 2026, for homes among the 224,562 Houston parcel records we hold. The sample was drawn when we held records for part of Houston, so its middle is not a citywide median; automated estimates are not sale prices or appraisals. Its middle is $250,100 — reported for what it is, and not used as the city’s price on this page. See Houston home values, or how selling works in Houston.
Total commission, listing fee and a buyer’s agent
A “total commission” adds two things together: the listing agent’s fee, and any compensation offered to a buyer’s agent. They are separate decisions. The National Association of Realtors’ consumer guide says whether to offer compensation to a buyer’s agent is the seller’s decision, and that practices may vary with state and local law (National Association of Realtors, “Consumer Guide: Offers of Compensation”, September 11, 2024). The rates above are national survey averages (Clever Real Estate survey of 434 agents, August 2026), not a standard and not a quote.