Perhaps we&#x27;re talking about different cases. I&#x27;m not seeing any home in the article that&#x27;s priced at $1M. I was talking about the first case where the seller ends up selling to the buying agent (not their agent) who then marks it up to the real market value. The seller&#x27;s agent didn&#x27;t officially have any perverse financial incentives from that sale, other than the oft-cited incentive to price low and sell quick that all brokers have [0].<p>[0]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;freakonomics.com&#x2F;2008&#x2F;02&#x2F;26&#x2F;real-estate-agents-revisited&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;freakonomics.com&#x2F;2008&#x2F;02&#x2F;26&#x2F;real-estate-agents-revisi...</a>