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A comment on Zillow 2020 Urban-Suburban Market Report. Parent comment

Re:Zillow 2020 Urban-Suburban Market Report by gruez on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @12:08AM (#24207061)
>Brokers (the people who are ostensibly paid to arbitrage) are also not super interested in getting their client the best arbitrage deal, because their commission will usually come out lower.

AFAIK it works the other way around. The commissions might be say... 10% lower, but if you save time (by not having to maintain the listing and attract buyers), you can more than make up for it in volume. This was covered by freakomics a while ago https://youtube.com/watch?v=aFYlgqv3T-w

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Re:Zillow 2020 Urban-Suburban Market Report by ISL on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:02AM (#24207287)
I believe that GP was referring to buyer's brokers. In their case, if the client pays more, their commission grows. Furthermore, if they can close quickly, by making a higher offer or purchasing something that isn't quite the right deal, the buyer's agent increases volume, leading to the same effect.
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