eal estate agent working on laptop with buyers in 2026, strategizing commission negotiations and buyer qualification for California real estate market

The 2026 Squeeze Is Coming: Three Things Buyer Agents Better Get Right

The 2026 Squeeze Is Coming: Three Things Buyer Agents Better Get Right Welcome to 2026. The forecasts say modest rebound, not a boom. More transactions than 2025, but still payment-constrained buyers, stubborn sellers, and an industry that spent all of 2025 rewriting the rulebook—only to face whispers that some of those commission settlements might get…