Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting how the division works in other markets. In the UK people generally do their own negotiation, the tours are arranged by calling the seller's agent, the surveys are arranged to the standards of the mortgage company (and in Scotland, rolled into the "home report" at the seller's expense). Once you've selected a property you hire a conveyancer who handles title search and almost all the paperwork.
That’s almost exactly how the purchase of my house in the US worked. There’s definitely no requirement that a buyer use an agent.
Did the seller use an agent? If so, did the seller's agent receive the full 6% commission that would normally be split with the buyer's agent?