I have not.  The tide will turn and they will be begging real estate agents to bring their clients and pay us to do so! 

Happened in Palm City Florida in the early 90's. When the market changed, the builder was in a lurch. Agents were avoiding them and the project languished an extra couple of years. The coop was raised to 5 percent to get Realtors back. What goes around comes around.

In parts of Florida builders are limiting the amunt of contracts at a develpment per month and some have lowered the coop fee.

Builders have dropped commission to next to nothing in the Denver metro area.

No, not here.

That's precisely why they're changing Tony.  In hot markets, they don't need us.  When the market cools off, then they're our best friends.  There's a new development out in Simi where they haven't even decided if they will or won't yet, but they've pulled co-op from other developments recently so I'm not expecting them to.  Meanwhile, we're still looking at "gently loved" homes.

Thanks for telling us about this change.

So have your buyer pay you.  It comes and goes in cycles.  Haven't seen it here yet this go round.

No, and we do not have new builds.  A

The new build communities I have visited or called in my area are still co-oping with Realtors, although I do know one that is not.

I have one going through  with Lennar, one of last before they terminated their relationships with Realtors. Sad, as we bring them buyers that would not have heard of their developments otherwise.

They are at the point they do not need Realtor but if 2009 happen again they will.

In the past, builders showed their disdain for agents by not paying a referral fee when the market was hot and inventory low. I have not seen that in our market but I have not really been involved in many new builds lately.

The in-house crew is proably on fire with sales. No co-op necessary

No I have not. They are still sending specs & community info to us every week. I think some of these builders still remember the leaner times.

Not in my Northern Virginia area. Infact they are offering a flat $$$ 

Yep. Commissions are dropping for new home sales and some are openly hostile to buyer agents.

Unfortunate when this happens, make sure you protect your commission with a buyers agency agreement.