Home Seller Costs reach $ 67k, triple some consumers expect

That total was more than triple some sellers expected.

More than half (55%) said they were surprised by the cost and almost a quarter (22%) went into debt to cover them. Forty percent reported that they feel financially tense during the process.

In 2025, the average profit of the seller was $ 166,702 – an increase of 14% compared to 2024. Yet 51% of the respondents said that their profit was lower than expected due to high costs.

Other findings of the report involve:

• 80% of the sellers reported regret, usually about agent committees
• 67% of the sellers who went without an agent believed that they saved money, although only 68% of this group made profit versus 84% ​​of those who used an agent.
• 81% of sellers who worked with agents said that the costs were clearly explained, versus 29% of those without representation.

In general, 75% of the sellers said they would have made different decisions if they had known the actual costs and believed that they could have earned an average of almost $ 36,000 more.