What actually changed with the new real estate commission rules?

The national settlement that reshaped buyer agency in 2024 requires a written buyer representation agreement before an agent tours homes with a buyer, and commission offers are no longer published on the MLS the way they once were, though commission itself remains fully negotiable between each buyer or seller and their own agent. Georgia agents, including Joel Boss, now walk buyers through that written agreement upfront rather than after an offer is written. The rules did not create a new tax or fee; they changed how compensation gets disclosed and agreed to.