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- From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: Re: How to tell a REAL buyer's agent
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 14:11:09 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
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- Message-ID: <1e8a5tINN6qg@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>
- References: <1992Nov13.154744.23082@dg-rtp.dg.com>
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- In article 23082@dg-rtp.dg.com, eliot@chutney.rtp.dg.com (Topher Eliot) writes:
- >In article <1dtvgaINNfh@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>, egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
- >|>
- >|> What "last minute?" Most buyers agents get paid this way to begin
- >|> with, the only difference from a "normal" RE agent being their legal
- >|> obligations.
- >If the agents are getting paid by the seller to begin with then they aren't
- >really 'buyers' agents, they're 'selling' agents.
-
- If you want to pick nits, there is no such thing as ANY agent being
- paid by the seller, 100% of the RE fees come out of the buyer's pocket,
- as they are tacked onto the price of the house.
-
- The RE agent's favorite euphemism, "the proceeds of the sale," works
- both ways. The fact that an agent is paid a percentage of the sale
- price does not necessarily restrict his obligations to one of the two
- parties.
-
- >|> > It makes me think
- >|> >that if I ever list a house for sale through an RE agent again (not that I
- >|> >think it's a good idea in general), I will put a clause in my contract stating
- >|> >that if the buyer is represented by a buyer's agent at any point in the
- >|> >negotiations, the commision I pay will go down by 50%.
- >|>
- >|> What difference does it make to you as a seller WHAT representation the
- >|> buyer has?
- >
- >If one of the agents is giving advice to the buyer on how to get me to lower
- >my price, and providing the buyer information that might otherwise have been
- >withheld, then I am not getting as much advantage from this representation
- >as I would have otherwise. So I don't want to pay as much for it.
-
- Legally, you are not paying both agents, so you have no control over
- their actions or obligations. You pay the listing agent. If that
- agent sells your house, they keep the entire commission. If another
- agent provides a buyer, your agent can (and will) split the commission
- with them. The buyer's agent is not working directly for you (although
- in most cases is legally obligated to you, which is why RE is such a
- racket to begin with).
-
- >|> You pay your agent to list and sell your house.
- >
- >No, I pay the agent to sell the house at the highest practical price; if the
- >'selling' agent is also working towards that goal then the selling agent is
- >doing the same job as the listing agent; if the 'selling' agent is really
- >acting as a 'buyers' agent, then they are working towards a different goal.
-
- I said, you pay *your* agent to list and sell your house. The agent
- furnishing the buyer is paid by your agent.
-
- ---
- Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
- Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM |and I showed him a picture of you. I said,
- DoD #0111 (919)460-8302 |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
- (The Grateful Dead) --> |It seemed like the least I could do...
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