Does a one-time 6 percent commission impact long-term expenditures?

n 2009, the median price for real estate brokerage services was more than the
costs of health care and entertainment combined and more than the cost
of food, HomingCloud.com reported. Using 2009 data from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics on consumer expenditures, the blog calculated the
distribution of expenditures for a year when a person incurs brokerage
expenses. In the example (see above), if an individual sold a house in 2009
spending $12,000 in broker commissions, it would come out to 20 percent of all of his or her expenditures. According to the blog, the calculation illustrates how a
one-time payment of broker commissions  has implications for long-term personal expenditures. [HomingCloud] 

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