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What will a market slow down do to discount brokers?
One of the reasons I became a real estate broker and started a RE company was because I felt 3% across the board was not right. Using capitalism, over the past 100 years as a guide, real estate will move away from the % model to a more competitive flat fee for service model. Speaking [...]
Posted: November 1st, 2007 under Buyer Information, Seattle, Seller Information, Technology.
Tags: broker, discount, fees, real-estate
Comments: 37
For-Sale-By-Owners sell for more because agents sell for less
Two Northwestern University economists have found that for sale by owners (FSBOs) in Madison sell for slightly more or about the same as houses represented by agents in the area, figuring that after commission costs the FSBO sellers came out ahead. There are some comments in the article about the National Association or Realtor’s (bogus) [...]
Posted: June 8th, 2007 under General Real Estate.
Tags: agents, discount, discount-broker, For-Sale-By-Owner, fsbo
Comments: 31
Discount brokers…
I had a long discussion with my grandfather this past weekend regarding the utility of full-service realtors. He’s been around quite a while, so I have no intention of dismissing his opinion on anything. Especially considering that he’s been an investor in real estate for most of his life.
He point blank asked me why [...]
Posted: May 9th, 2005 under General Real Estate, Seller Information.
Tags: agents, brokers, discount, MLS, real-estate, Seattle, Seller-Information
Comments: 2
