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A Competitive Market Squeezes Fees For Real Estate Agents

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By Anna Bahney The New York Times

FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2005


NEW YORK Real estate agents are beginning to hear a rumbling, something that makes them stop cold and stand at full attention: the sound of sellers asking, "Do I have to pay 6 percent?"

 
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