Keith Davis | March 7, 2009
I received an e-mail yesterday announcing that a builder is offering 5% compensation to buyer’s agents who bring acceptable offers on their homes. The rationale behind such an offer is simple. If the builder agrees to pay 60% more than other builders, perhaps buyer’s agents will be willing to sell their homes harder. Another way [...]
Category: Buying, Negotiating, Real Estate |
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Tags: Agency, Commissions, Representation, Value
Keith Davis | March 1, 2009
Originally Published February 17, 2009
Taking a quick break from my series on my principles of Nest Realty, I retreat back to some more info on the City Tax Assessments. I have been studying the city tax records and the implications to buyers for a few days now, and I have some fun findings to publish. [...]
Category: Buying, Charlottesville, Financial Analysis, Negotiating, Pricing, Real Estate, Sales Data |
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Tags: Agency, Deals, Pricing
Keith Davis | March 1, 2009
Originally Posted February 17, 2009
To understand how Dual Agency has come about, one needs to think just over a decade back two decades to the days where every real estate agent worked for the seller. There were numerous reports done that showed that most buyers thought their agents worked for them, but they were wrong. [...]
Category: Buying, Innovation, Negotiating, Nest, Real Estate, Selling |
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Tags: Agency, Charlottesville, Commissions, Listing, Nest, Representation, Selling
Keith Davis | February 28, 2009
Originally Published January 5, 2009
15 years ago, real estate agents all represented the Seller, no matter what. Times have changed and more and more agents are representing Buyers. When you hire an Agent to represent you, you have a very frank discussion of what that Agent is going to do, and why you should be [...]
Category: Buying, Negotiating, Real Estate, Selling |
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Tags: Agency, Buyers, Open House, Prospecting
Keith Davis | February 27, 2009
Originally Published Dec 12, 2008
I read today about an author who has been screaming the demise of the housing market for quite some time. He has written a book about the Housing Bubble and now has a new theory. Realtors should be watched by the SEC the same way Financial Analysts are. Hmmm… The idea [...]
Category: In the News, Negotiating, Real Estate, Selling |
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Tags: NAR, News, Realtors, SEC