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Compare what you'd pay with a traditional buyer's agent vs. Factour's per-tour model. Or, if you're an agent, see what your tour income could look like.

Your situation

Adjust the inputs to match your home search.

The price range you're targeting

$400K
$100K$2M

Percentage of home price, now explicitly negotiated under NAR rules

2.50%
0.5%4%

How many properties you typically want to see

3 tours
115

Set by each agent, subject to a $15 minimum

$100
$15$200

Cost comparison

Traditional buyer's agent

Home price$400K
Commission (2.50%)$10,000

Factour (tours only)

3 tours × $100$300
Factour platform fee ($10 flat)$30
Total tour cost$330

You could keep

$9,670

97% lessthan a traditional buyer's agent

A buyer's agent provides services beyond touring, including negotiation and contract management. Factour covers tours only. If you need full representation, you can hire an agent for that step separately, often after finding the home you want.

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The math behind it

Why the numbers look the way they do

Traditional buyer agent fee

On a $400K home at a 2.5% buyer agent commission, the buyer's agent earns $10,000. Under the 2024 NAR settlement, this fee must be negotiated directly between buyers and agents. It no longer defaults to the seller's listing agent splitting the commission.

Free owner-hosted showing

Touring a for sale by owner home listed on Factour costs nothing. The owner hosts, no agent is involved, and there is no platform fee to either side. The largest saving is zero: pay nothing to see the home.

Factour agent tour pricing

When you want a licensed agent present, agents on Factour set their own per-tour fee, subject to a $15 minimum. You pay that fee plus a flat $10 consumer platform fee. A temporary authorization is generally placed before the tour when possible, and capture occurs after the final property and 30-minute review window. There are no subscription fees or commitments beyond the single tour.

The difference

For buyers who want to tour homes without committing to full representation, the per-tour model costs a fraction of a buyer's agent commission. And on for sale by owner homes, the cost is zero. Hire an agent only when you want a professional present.