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American property 美国房市 The great realtor rip-off 房地产经纪人大敲竹杠 Why is it so expensive to buy or sell a house in America? 在美国，买卖房子怎么就这么贵? IN BRITAIN, if you want to sell your home, an estate agent will list the property, find abuyer, help you negotiate a deal and guide you through the transaction, all for acommission of 2-3% of the sale price. In America, realtors provide the same services forroughly double the fee. 在英国，如果你想卖掉自己的房子，房地产中介就会列好财产清单，找买家，帮你达成协议并指引你完成交易，做这么多只为赚取房屋售价2-3%的佣金。而在美国，房地产经纪人提供同样的服务，却要两倍的价格。 Are they worth it? The shouty realtors in David Mamet s film Glengarry Glen Ross certainly think so. Othersdisagree. Chang-Tai Hsieh of the University of Chicago finds that American propertybrokers cause social waste of $8 billion a year via overcharging and inefficiency. 这个高价真有所值吗?David Mamet的电影《拜金一族》中大吵大闹的房地产中介肯定认为值。他人却不这么认为。芝加哥大学的谢长泰发现，美国房地产经纪人的高收费和低效率引发的一年80亿美元的 社会浪费 。 | 
