If you sell your house using a traditional high-street estate agent, its fee will usually be calculated as a percentage of the price paid by the buyer. This kind of estate agent’s fee is called commission. The average estate agent fee is 1.42% of the final selling price (inc VAT), according to a July 2018 survey by house-selling website TheAdvisory. However, this figure can vary from less than 1% to as much as 3.5%, depending on a number of factors – including how many estate agents are selling your property. Estate agent fees used to be quoted ‘plus VAT’ most of the time (meaning you had to add 20% on top of your quote), but rules from The Property Ombudsman that came into effect in October 2016 state that quotes should now always include VAT. If your quote doesn’t make it clear either way, always check.