Just curious.  If the demand for housing is so great, it looks like a seller's market.  If so, why don't more folks sell their property using discount brokers who charge, on average, 3% instead of 6%?  They'd be saving approx. 25K and up, up doing so.  In a seller's market and if you're not in a hurry to sell, I would try them first.  You can always revert back to a 6% broker anytime.  Doesn't make sense to me to throw hard earned money away.