May 23, 2006
- Buyer's Market - Is it Returning?
After five years of sizzling growth, U.S. home price appreciation is showing signs of cooling.
Pending home sales — a leading market indicator — are down from a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors. In many of the nation's hottest markets, brokers also are reporting a growing gap between sellers' asking prices and [...]
May 19, 2006
- Finding the Right Real Estate Agent
When someone decides it is time to sell their home, they interview several Realtors from different companies to determine which one is best for them. They want someone who will represent them and someone they feel will do an effective job at marketing their home.
However, when someone decides to buy a home, they usually end [...]
May 18, 2006
- When is the Best Time to Buy Real Estate?
Buy when times are hard. Buy when blood is running in the streets. Buy after a flood, blizzard, riot. During such times, insurance firms and banks have properties they don't want. Owners are also desperate, as they suffer the anxieties of having to feed a white elephant.
Winter and summer are real estate's dead seasons. Check [...]
May 5, 2006
- More on Exclusive Buyer Agency
Most real estate agents represent only the seller's best interest when showing property to unrepresented home buyers! The seller agent's job is to obtain the "highest price possible" for their seller.
Buyers now have a choice. Once homebuyers understand buyer brokerage, they realize that it doesn't make any sense for buyers to look for a home [...]
May 1, 2006
- How We Get Paid
Consumer advocates strongly recommend that buyers hire their own agents. They further argue that a coop-fee has already been built-in to the purchase price, and therefore, there is no need for the buyer or seller to incur additional fees when the cooperating agent represents the buyer.
Why would a Buyer Agent want to negotiate a lower [...]
April 19, 2006
- How Much House Can You Afford?
There is a rule of thumb that says that if you have the capacity to repay the mortgage, you can afford a single-family house that costs up to two and one-half times your annual gross income. (Annual gross income is the amount you make before taxes are deducted.) Like other rules of thumb, this one [...]
- Exclusive Buyer Agency
Exclusive Buyer Agency
An exclusive buyer agent, or buyer broker, represents the home buyer and negotiates with the seller and the seller's agent to obtain the best price and terms for the buyer.
An exclusive buyer agent is loyal only to the buyer.
An exclusive buyer's agent represents buyers only.
An exclusive buyer's agent never represents sellers.
Exclusive buyer's agents [...] - Welcome!
Welcome to Seattle and Federal Way.
We are EXCLUSIVE Buyer Agents. We NEVER take Listings. We ONLY represent the homebuyer, 100% of the time.
Demand the MOST experienced EXCLUSIVE Buyers agent on YOUR Largest Purchase.
An Exclusive Buyers Agent means 100% representing YOU. No chance of a conflict of interest.I NEVER represent sellers, period.
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