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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: 23 Nov 1992 14:11:58 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
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- References: <1992Nov21.012411.27052@mccc.edu>
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- In article 27052@mccc.edu, pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg) writes:
- >In article <1edo6tINN8l1@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
- >=You could, you would be stretching it. In 10 out of 10 cases, the
- >=seller's "real" price is inflated to cover the agents' fees.
- >
- >Interesting way to look at it. The offering price of a house for sale is
- >somewhat related to an informal appraisal -- called an MVA (market value
- >analysis) -- done by the listing agent. It's based on what comparable
- >houses have sold for.
-
- Which have almost certainly had *their* prices inflated to pay RE fees.
-
- >=Actually, that is the main impetus behind the buyer's agent movement.
- >=Buyers are only beginning to realize that the agent driving them around
- >=every weekend and being oh so helpful in finding that perfect home is
- >=legally obligated to fleece them.
- >
- >Au contraire, sir!! Legally, an agent must treat all clients and
- >customers fairly and aboveboard. However, the listing agent and selling
- >agent are prohibited from telling the buyer financial things that the
- >seller told them. They are both required to help the buyer [seller?] get the
- >highest selling price, to be sure, but that doesn't necessarily mean
- >fleecing the buyer.
-
- So they not allowed to tell the buyer info they have on the seller, and
- they are *required* to tell the seller info they have on the buyer, and
- they are *required* to get the highest selling price possible, all
- while (for the vast majority of them) purporting to be working for the
- buyer! The mind boggles at what you *would* consider fleecing!
-
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- 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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