Discount Utah Real Estate Agents - Buyer Rebates

How to Ask Your Buyer's Agent for a Rebate in Utah (2026)

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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SOLD: 854 E Wilshire Pl, Salt Lake City | Commission Refund

DiscountAgent.com Blog • Buyer Success Story

Our buyer purchased a 1927 craftsman bungalow on a private dead-end street in Salt Lake City’s 9th and 9th area using a conventional loan — and received approximately $6,000 refunded at closing through the DiscountAgent.com 50% buyer agent commission program.

By Aaron Peters, Licensed Utah Real Estate Broker  |  Published September 2026  |  Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Property Details

854 E Wilshire Pl, Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Plat B  •  Salt Lake County

2

Bedrooms

1

Bathroom

1,461

Total Sq Ft

1927

Year Built

Buyer Commission Refund

Approximately $6,000

Commission…

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SOLD: 913 W Bullion St, Murray | Commission Cash Back Saved $11K

DiscountAgent.com Blog • Buyer Success Story

Our buyer purchased a brand-new, never-lived-in 4-bedroom home with a fully finished walkout ADU basement in Murray’s Bullion community using a conventional loan — and received approximately $11,000 in cash back at closing through the DiscountAgent.com 50% buyer agent commission program.

By Aaron Peters, Licensed Utah Real Estate Broker  |  Published September 2026  |  Murray, UT 84123

Property Details

913 W Bullion St #10, Murray, UT 84123

Bullion  •  Salt Lake County

4

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

2,582

Total Sq Ft

2025

Year Built

Buyer Commission Cash Back

Approximately…

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SOLD: 4819 E Breezy Patch Rd, Eagle Mountain | Commission Rebate

DiscountAgent.com Blog • Buyer Success Story

Our buyer purchased a nearly-new 4-bedroom two-story home on a corner lot in Eagle Mountain’s Silverlake community using a conventional loan — and received approximately $7,500 back at closing through DiscountAgent.com’s 50% buyer commission rebate.

By Aaron Peters, Licensed Utah Real Estate Broker  |  Published August 2026  |  Eagle Mountain, UT 84005

Property Details

4819 E Breezy Patch Rd, Eagle Mountain, UT 84005

Silverlake  •  Utah County

4

Bedrooms

2.5

Bathrooms

3,041

Total Sq Ft

2021

Year Built

Buyer Commission Rebate

Approximately $7,500

Cash back at closing…

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Invest Your Rebate or Buy Down Your Rate? The Math

DiscountAgent.com Blog • Buyer Education

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

Updated: August 2026 • 12 min read • Educational content, not financial advice

You just received roughly $8,000 back at closing. You have three realistic options, and the gap between the best and worst outcome is over a quarter of a million dollars.

We previously worked through using a rebate to buy down your mortgage rate. A reader asked the obvious follow-up: what if you invested it in an S&P 500 index fund instead?

So we ran all three scenarios. The answer is genuinely surprising, and one finding complicates the case we made in that earlier article. We are publishing it anyway, because a comparison that…

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9 States Where Commission Rebates Are Illegal (2026)

DiscountAgent.com Blog • Buyer Education

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

Updated: August 2026 • 10 min read

If you are moving to Utah from Alabama, Alaska, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oregon, or Tennessee, there is a way to save money on your home purchase that was illegal where you came from.

It is called a buyer commission rebate. Your agent’s brokerage returns a share of the commission it earns directly to you at closing. In Utah, DiscountAgent.com rebates 50% — on a median-priced Salt Lake County home, roughly $8,000 back in your pocket.

In nine states, a broker who offered you that money could face disciplinary action for it. The U.S. Department…

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Turn a Commission Rebate Into a Lower Mortgage Rate | Utah

DiscountAgent.com Blog • Buyer Education

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

Updated: July 2026 • 11 min read

Most buyers who receive a commission rebate take it as cash at closing. That is the least valuable thing you can do with it.

With 30-year mortgage rates hovering around 6.1% in 2026, that same rebate can be applied to discount points instead — permanently lowering your interest rate for the life of the loan. On a median-priced Salt Lake County home, that turns roughly $8,188 into about $47,000 in interest you never pay.

Same money. Same house. Roughly six times the benefit — if you stay long enough. That last condition matters enormously, and this guide covers exactly…

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SOLD: 2260 E Haun Ave, Holladay | Commission Refund Saved $7.8K

DiscountAgent.com Blog • Buyer Success Story

Our buyer purchased a beautifully remodeled 4-bedroom brick rambler on a third of an acre in Holladay’s Valley View neighborhood using a conventional loan — and received approximately $7,800 refunded at closing through DiscountAgent.com’s 50% buyer agent commission program. Our agent also negotiated a purchase price well below the appraised value.

By Aaron Peters, Broker/Owner  |  Published July 2026  |  Holladay, UT 84121

Property Details

2260 E Haun Ave, Holladay, UT 84121

Valley View Sub  •  Salt Lake County

4

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

1,615

Total Sq Ft

1953

Year Built

Buyer…

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SOLD: New Construction Rebate Saves NSL Buyer ~$6K

DiscountAgent.com Blog • Buyer Success Story

A North Salt Lake home buyer saved approximately $6,000 with a 50% commission rebate on this brand-new 2026 townhome in the Clifton Place Townhomes community. New construction. Full representation. Full savings.

By Aaron Peters, Broker/Owner  |  Published July 2026  |  North Salt Lake, UT 84054

Property Details

822 W Ivywell Ln #217, North Salt Lake, UT 84054

Clifton Place Townhomes  •  Davis County  •  New Construction

Type

Townhome

Sq Ft

1,302

Beds / Baths

2 / 2.5

Year Built

2026

Buyer Commission Rebate

~$6,000

back at closing

Utah non-disclosure notice:…

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Buy a Home in Utah & Get Cash Back at Closing | 2026 Guide

DiscountAgent.com Blog • Buyer Education

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

Updated: June 2026 • Originally published June 2025 • 14 min read

When you buy a home in Utah, your buyer’s agent earns a commission—typically 2.5%–3% of the purchase price. On a $600,000 home, that’s $15,000–$18,000. At most brokerages, the agent keeps all of it. At DiscountAgent.com, you get approximately half of it back at closing—real money, in your pocket, on the day you get your keys.

This isn’t a gimmick or a teaser rate. It’s a business model. I’ve been rebating 50% of the buyer agent commission since 2006—on every purchase, every loan type, every price point from condos to million-dollar estates.…

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