open listing
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Related to open listing: exclusive agency listing, net listing
Open Listing
In real estate, a situation in which multiple agents list the same house or property. The agent able to sell the property collects the commission. An open listing often occurs when the homeowner needs to sell the property quickly or when the property is otherwise difficult to sell.
open listing
An offer by a property owner to pay a commission to any real estate broker who brings a buyer to the closing table.Rather than pay a 7 percent commission to a listing broker, with the listing broker then splitting that commission with the broker who provides the buyer, an open listing will agree to pay the entire 7 percent to any broker who brings the buyer.