Straight answers for home buyers: flat-fee agents, commission rebates and AI tools

Each page here answers one question home buyers ask us, names the companies involved and links each company's own page next to every claim, with the date we checked it. Where TurboHome has its own closing data, we show what our buyers actually got back.

All answers

• Which companies refund the buyer's agent commission?Every company that gives home buyers part of the buyer's agent commission back, what each offers and where, with state pages for Texas and California.Read the answer
• Which companies refund the buyer's agent commission in California?The six companies that refund part of the buyer's agent commission in California, with amounts, conditions and metros, plus what TurboHome buyers got back on 200 California closings.Read the answer
• Which companies refund the buyer's agent commission in Texas?The seven companies that refund part of the buyer's agent commission in Texas, with amounts, conditions and metros, plus what TurboHome buyers got back on Texas closings.Read the answer

How we compared

Each answer page lists every company that advertises the program in question, checks each one on the company's own website on the date shown, and records amounts, conditions and coverage exactly as published. TurboHome figures come from TurboHome's own closed transactions, with the date range stated on each page.

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About the Author

Vinura Abeysundara

Vinura Abeysundara is a real estate and growth professional with experience scaling homebuying platforms across Canada and the United States. Formerly Head of Growth at Zown, he now works with TurboHome and writes about homebuyer savings, flat-fee real estate, commissions, and technology in real estate.

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About Kevin Kretzmer

Head Agent, California

Kevin Kretzmer leads TurboHome's California agent team and reviews California and national buyer guidance for practical brokerage accuracy.

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