Consider this situation:
A buyer has his agent show him 30 houses over the course a month.
In other words, they want the commission being saved by the seller, and most
buyers have an agent who wants to receive a commission (which they would otherwise receive from a seller's side) from the FSBO for bringing that buyer to the transaction.
They will tell you that you have to pay the buyers commission if
the buyer has an agent in small writing somewhere.
Not exact matches
This allows a live
agent to address any concerns
buyers may
have in order to close the sale.
Dolly Lenz, a luxury real estate
agent and founder of Dolly Lenz Real Estate in New York, who
has sold many units in the Trump Tower over the years, concedes that the frenetic scene is a turnoff to some potential
buyers.
At Zillow Group, we
have created a culture of innovation that
has allowed us to create great products that help real estate
agents, renters, home
buyers, and sellers.
And, after writing hundreds of e-mails, landing pages, white papers, and sales letters for people like you, I
've learned how to sell to corporate executives, entrepreneurs, managers, purchasing
agents, technicians, engineers, IT professionals, business opportunity seekers, investors, direct response
buyers, and Internet users.
I
've asked 10 listing
agents what is their seller's # 1 concern and they all said: financing contingencies and whether the
buyer will be able to get a loan.
Especially this spring, as demand is high and the threat of rising interest rates looms, you're likely to
have to outbid a handful of other
buyers, real estate
agents say.
Miami Beach real estate
agent Jill Eber, of Coldwell Bankers» the Jills, said last week that she
had an interested
buyer from the West Coast.
Agents claim there has been a sharp increase in private — or board room — auctions where a handful of serious buyers, or their representatives, make bids in an office, typically a real estate agents» board
Agents claim there
has been a sharp increase in private — or board room — auctions where a handful of serious
buyers, or their representatives, make bids in an office, typically a real estate
agents» board
agents» board room.
«We
've been able to talk with the
agents on our monthly meeting, and let them know how important it is for them to set up their Juwai accounts,» said Post, who explained that prior to the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices marketing alliance with Juwai, there was no systematic regimen that Verani followed in order to attract Chinese
buyers.
Buyers seem to feel that because the listing realtor doesn't
have to «share» the commission with a
buyer's
agent, there's more room for the
buyer to get a better deal.
«We did
have some Chinese
buyers but they were few and far between, and I think our
agents were a little bit unsure on how to deal with the financial aspect and all of that.
If you
had not introduced your
buyer to that listing (which you're ethically compelled to do) and instead, sold your
buyer another
agent's listing of the same value, and in the meantime, another
agent sold your listing, you
'd have generated the full $ 20,000 commission; half from your sold listing and half from the sale of another brokerage's listing.
This will
have dramatic impact on the old - school listing
agents who
would make viewing their listing difficult for
buyer agents.
Buyers and sellers can use Deedcoin's site to find properties where
agents would accept Deedcoin or list their own property.
The only explanation I
've been able to come up with is that
buyers (and / or their
agents) are allowing the strata market to impact the way they are acting when buying detached homes and are thus whipping themselves into a frenzy in the multiple offers that are developing (and thus potentially making a mistake by not choosing one of the many other options that are now available).
The Juwai survey also revealed that 12 percent of UK real estate
agents have already been contacted by Chinese
buyers who plan to visit during Chinese New Year, and that 54 percent of UK property
agents expect the 2017 Spring Festival season to be busier than 2016.
«If the stock is choppy when it takes off the stabilization
agent attempts to create a floor of where the stock price could go,» said Lise
Buyer, an IPO consultant with Class
V Group in Silicon Valley.
John wasn't happy with my $ 1.18 M offer because his
buyers were expecting «way over asking» in the $ 1.4 — $ 1.5 M range But John accepted my verbal offer after I told him I
'd work directly with him so he wouldn't
have to pay the
buyer's
agent their half of the total commission = $ 30,000.
Sometimes, one
agent does both jobs, but it is in your best interest as a
buyer to
have someone represent you alone.
So, you or your
agent should
have a carefully «Segmented Database» of outlets that are pitchable in line with the chosen positioning for your brand and that your brands are presented to the outlets and their key
buyers if part of a group.
Surely Sanchez's
agent would have lined up a
buyer if Alexis wants to go?
«The housing stock is absolutely wonderful and we «re getting a lot of younger
buyers today in their late 20s and early 30s who want the space and Victorian look that the neighborhood
has, «said Dawn Wyman, a lifelong resident and real estate
agent.
And the shadow housing minister, John Healey, said: «The Tories
have talked of little else but HIPs over the past few years, and this announcement merely highlights the limits of their ambition and concern - pleasing estate
agents rather than supporting first time
buyers.
My job as a real estate
agent has led me through thousands of homes with sellers and
buyers, and I
've seen a terrifyingly wide spectrum of interior design choices.
I love music and sports.I am a talent
buyer, booking
agent, and bartender.I
have worked withover 200 bands and I love it.I am looking for someone to share my experiences with me.
«What we are told is that they are going to be a real
buyer [but] the conversation they are
having with Disney, their buying ability might be affected,» said one top sales
agent, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Home inventory is declining nationwide, and real estate
agents say they are seeing more interest among
would - be
buyers.
Home listings are dropping closer to healthy market levels, and some real estate
agents report more interest among
would - be
buyers.
Look at it like working with a real estate
agent to sell your home — you wouldn't stay with them for an indefinite amount of time if they still hadn't sold your house or at least shown considerable promise from
buyers!
For instance, you can join PubMatch for free, create a profile, upload samples of your work for publishers and
agents to read, list the rights that you
have available to sell, search the membership database for prospective
buyers for your subsidiary rights, and communicate with prospective
buyers.
If you feel that there are potential
buyers your literary
agent can not reach, or you or anyone other than the
agent has the opportunity to make a deal that the
agent can not make, you can make an exception in the contract for that specific situation or you can let the
agent earn the commission even if someone else sold your book during the exclusivity period.
Years ago a former
agent told me that my then publisher was not going to buy a book because a
buyer for a major chain
had said booksellers wouldn't know where to shelve it.
Keep in mind that, from a rights
buyer's perspective, a half - hour meeting with an individual author
has less business potential than a meeting with an
agent.
«I
had a
buyer for a $ 3 million property who initially planned on using a mortgage,» says an
agent in Incline Village, Nev. «Then his Mom piped up, «You don't want to submit to the full body search.
I don't mind paying a
buyer's
agent (but not 2.5 - 3 % as this is what I paid 12 years ago and housing prices
have doubled but the work to sell a house hasn't, nor
has anyone else's wages), but this ridiculousness of paying a listing
agent 2.5 % -3 % for simply listing a house
has got to stop and it soon will.
In general, sellers and
agents will prefer an approved
buyer to one who hasn't gone through the preapproval process.
In case you didn't know,
buyers generally
have their own
agent, and sellers
have theirs.
This is why real estate
agents prefer to work with
buyers who
have been pre-approved.
Your
buyer's
agent will
have some questions and will either pursue the problem for you or tell you to see your lawyer.
«If real estate
agents want the market to grow 8 %, they
have to work harder to support the first - time home
buyer.»
I can't imagine a single real estate
agent that wouldn't give a potential
buyer a list of comparables — homes that
have sold recently in a particular neighbourhood or area.
Hopefully you
have your own
buyer's
agent who is not representing the seller, and hopefully your
agent is knowledgeable about FHA property.
This is why most
agents will only work with
buyers who
have a pre-approval letter.
Earnest money and accumulated interest will be returned to
Buyer within 48 hours upon written notification to Seller or his / her
agent that contract
has been terminated by
Buyer.
Maybe I did — in the big scheme of the United States, I
've dealt with and worked with maybe a dozen different
agents in my life (
buyer, seller, other party's
agent, etc).
In Vancouver, B.C., 79 % of
agents that were polled believed that foreign buying activity
had increased since January 2015, with
buyers from China dominating these purchases.
For the last two properties I
've worked on, once the offer is signed by both parties (the
buyer and seller), the real estate
agents disappear and you start dealing with a transaction coordinator.