DiscountAgent.com Blog • Market Data

By Aaron Peters • Associate Broker/Owner, DiscountAgent.com • Updated October 6, 2026 • First published April 2026

Source: Wasatch Front Regional MLS (WFRMLS) • Updated quarterly • Q3 2026 data added October 2026 • Next update: January 2027

Salt Lake County sold fewer homes this summer than last, but sellers didn’t give up price to do it. A total of 3,039 single-family homes, townhomes, and condos closed in Q3 2026 (July–September), about 7% fewer than the 3,260 that closed in Q3 2025. Yet the single-family median held at approximately $650K, the highest quarterly level of 2026 and about 2% above Q3 2025. What changed was speed: single-family homes took a median of 31–39 days…

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Cost comparison for selling a house in Salt Lake City, Utah — approximately $42,738 with a traditional 3% listing versus $32,875 with a 1.5% listing, at the local median sale price
DiscountAgent.com Blog • Seller Education

By Aaron Peters • Associate Broker/Owner, DiscountAgent.com • October 2026

Source: Wasatch Front Regional MLS, 1,885 single-family and 536 condo closings in Salt Lake City, October 2025 – September 2026 • Updated quarterly

The Short Answer

About $42,700 on a typical Salt Lake City house with a traditional agent, or roughly $32,900 with a 1.5% listing.

For a typical condo it is about $24,300 versus $18,700. But Salt Lake City is really two markets: houses here sold at or above asking price through spring, while condos took far longer and sold well below their original list price. Which one you own changes what you should worry about.

Salt Lake City has the…

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Utah Home Buyers · Updated October 2026

Ask about a rebate before you sign a buyer agreement or tour homes, and get the answer in writing. Commission rebates are legal in Utah, but there is no standard amount, so the questions below tell you exactly what you will get back. Each one includes how DiscountAgent.com answers it.

Short version: ask "Do you offer a rebate, how is it calculated, and will it be in our written agreement?" At DiscountAgent.com the answer is yes, everything above 1.5% of the price, in writing. That is $7,500 on a $500,000 home when the seller offers 3%.

Why Timing Matters

Since the NAR settlement took effect in August 2024, Utah buyers sign a written agreement with their agent before touring homes. That…

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2026 Rankings · Utah Statewide · Updated October 2026

The Best Discount Real Estate Agent in Utah Is DiscountAgent.com

DiscountAgent.com is a full-service Utah discount brokerage that lists homes for 1.5% with no minimum fee, rebates roughly 50% of the buyer-agent commission to buyers, and has been run by the same broker, Aaron Peters, since 2006. Below, eight brokerages Utah sellers actually compare are ranked head to head: DiscountAgent.com, ARI Realty, Flat Rate Homes, Platinum Pro, Utah Home Central, Homie, Redfin, and Clever.

By Aaron Peters, Associate Broker, NetLogix Realty · Updated October 1, 2026 · Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber & Summit counties

DiscountAgent.com at a glance

Brokerage DiscountAgent.com, a marketing…

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