Buyer Agent: A buyer
agent is a real estate agent who represents you during the purchase of a home.
A dual
agent is a real estate agent who represents both the buyer and seller in a transaction.
Not exact matches
There
are no such restrictions in Dandong, the main gateway into North Korea in northeastern China, where listed prices of apartments in some projects seen as most likely to gain from an economic opening up of North Korea have jumped by as much as 50 percent since Kim's Beijing visit in late March, according to five
real estate agents and three local residents.
With some niches, the answers
are are obvious: stay - at - home moms, tech entrepreneurs, engineers or even
real estate agents.
The list
is fairly lengthy, but the most common
is that you don't need to send a 1099 to corporations or for payments of rent to
real estate agents (typically property managers — yet they
are required to send them to the property owners).
«I've tried brokers and
real estate agents, but the area in which we operate
is pretty small so we have just shopped around ourselves.»
In order to
be successful, you will want to establish contacts with
real estate agents who can recommend your services to customers.
He adds that many
real -
estate agents are also focused on a Chinese pilot program that
's being tested in five cities, including Shanghai, that allows wealthy individuals to invest at least 50 % of their assets in foreign markets.
They
're moving here in preparation for lack of water,» said Brian Ramsay, a
real estate agent with Hasson Company Realtors.
Tal says his unscientific research into the subject — consisting mainly of a recent dinner with over 20
real estate brokers and
agents who deal exclusively with foreign buyers — led him to believe the number of «pure» foreign purchasers in the Canadian
real -
estate market
is «probably much smaller than perceived by many.»
Real estate agents are fielding calls from buyers in Alberta who
are snapping up property for personal use and business development.
Real estate agents can take virtual home tours to an all new level - making the potential buyers feel like they
're home without ever leaving their own living rooms.
It
was hailed as one of the most high - tech firms in
real estate with every
agent carrying a Blackberry or palm pilot.
ROBB SPEARMAN
is a broker and the owner of ReMax
Real Estate Concepts, which employs 65
agents and ten staffers in five offices throughout Des Moines.
When Ma Zhiyuan's phone rang last year, and a
real estate agent told him she had a client ready to pay cash for his Beijing apartment, he
was stunned.
The sale event for a block of 28 townhomes in an upscale part of Toronto recently drew more than 750
real estate agents; some
were so eager to buy they offered more than the list price, neglecting the fact the units would
be parcelled out through a lottery system.
My dad
was an entrepreneur in the rock - and - roll industry, which I'll tell you about, and my mom
was a
real -
estate agent and then a schoolteacher.
You call a plumber when the hot water tank leaks, a
real estate agent when it
's time to sell your home or a dentist when you have a toothache.
«More than anything, people
are going to jump off the fence because of interest rates picking up,» said Jason Cassity, a
real estate agent in San Diego.
More likely, it
's forward - looking
real estate agents.
The hypercompetitive market
is exhausting for those hunting for a home, but even some
real estate agents are feeling the strain.
Homeowners
are finding their mailboxes stuffed with flyers and letters from
real estate agents designed to entice them into selling, with assurances that their houses
are worth more than they think.
OKC
is also tied for having the most
real -
estate agents per capita out of 150 cities, which contributes to its favorable market potential.
A good track record in selling businesses and having a number of business in their portfolio that
are getting good exposure
is a good indication of whether a
real estate agent is the right person to help you value your business.
Worst of all, the profit you make from downsizing can
be quickly eaten up by moving costs,
real estate agent fees, land transfer tax and the lawyers fees.
In the case of
real estate, it
's a complex, infrequent, expensive, emotional transaction, and so I believe it will always have an intermediary, always have a
real -
estate agent in the transaction.
A former York
real estate agent has lost his licence and his son
is facing further penalties after the State Administrative Tribunal upheld allegations they pocketed $ 6 million from deceitful and misleading land deals.
To make matters worse, major
real estate players like Trulia and Zillow have massive advertising budgets, and have driven up ad prices on Google to
be too expensive for independent
agents to use them.
Scott Ingram, a Toronto
real estate agent, took note when a house in his neighbourhood sold recently for $ 1.04 million — a $ 102,000 increase from the last time it
was sold, which
was only nine months prior.
If a development filled with luxury apartment buildings
is not perceived as «international,» it will not
be nearly as desirable to prospective buyers, the
real -
estate agent explained.
Under TREB
's current rules,
real estate agents and brokers can access this information through the Multiple Listing Service and turn it over by hand, e-mail or fax to their clients (the clients can't get it themselves because it
's not available on Realtor.ca, the public version of MLS).
«There
are many places in China, especially in remote places, where the houses
are really overvalued,» a
real -
estate agent from the outskirts of Chongqing told The Times.
I asked the accountant this question: «Isn't that guy sitting next to you a
real estate agent?»
Foreigners
are being hired to pose as celebrities by Chinese
real -
estate developers to help
agents sell property in «ghost towns» by making them appear more animated and worldly, according to a new mini-documentary released by The New York Times.
But if he
's not, I bet he knows the
real estate agent who gave him that hat.
According to a Leger Marketing poll, one in five Canadians
is looking to buy
real estate in the U.S., and while many
are investors, a third or more
are shopping for a second home, according to
real estate agents in popular areas such as Florida, Arizona and the Las Vegas area.
Is the guy a
real estate agent?
But the number of
real estate agents in Canada could shrink, he says, as more competition prompts
agents to find more ways to
be useful for their clients.
«It
is a widespread belief in China that if foreigners
are hired at an event, the whole thing
is bumped up to another level,» a
real -
estate agent from the outskirts of Chongqing told The Times.
A group of
real estate agents who colluded to raise fees in southwest England has
been fined # 370,084 ($ 500,620) by competition authorities.
The exception to the downtown / seclusion hybrid
is the West Vancouver area, as noted by Malcolm Hasman, the city's top - selling
real estate agent.
Like most people, they
're also hoping to not overspend, «getting the best bang for their buck,» as noted by Calgary luxury
real estate agent Daren Gull.
According to some of Canada's top luxury
real estate agents, the wealthy
are looking for value in their new home — properties that
are in good locations, in close proximity to work and local schools.
The standard lease agreement
is 12 months, but yours may
be different depending on what you and your landlord agree upon, says Marin King, an attorney and
real estate agent at Keller Williams Realty in New York City.
No matter what security precautions other parties, such as your title company or
real estate agent, have in place, ultimately you
're the one wiring the money.
(The paper noted police didn't consider violence against
real estate agents to
be a significant issue in Toronto.)
CNBC's Diana Olick takes a look at how some digital schemers have
been able to target
real estate agents, title companies and homebuyers with fraudulent emails in an attempt to divert down payment money to other accounts.
Makai Properties
is a Kauai - based
real estate company that
's ready to say «Aloha» to their newest sales
agent.
When you
're buying a house, you expect to hear from your
real estate agent, attorney and other parties in the transaction.
«They
're targeting Russians and Chinese who
are looking for a prestige investment,» explains Charles de Boursac, a British
real estate agent, «because the Odeon's prices
are ridiculous even for us who
are used to crazy prices.»