How do you find the right estate agent to sell your home?

 


Ask prospective listing agents how long they have been selling properties, and how many homes they have sold recently. Look at where an agent has sold more properties, what they sold the properties for, and how long they stayed on the market. Asking about listing dates and sales prices (including addresses) will give you an innovative idea of an agent’s recent home sales success. Ask the agent for pricing information for homes that they have sold recently.    

If you are getting ready to sell, a listing agent can help you determine a best price for your home, prep your home for the market, market it, handle offers, and negotiate the closing. Instead of listing with a real estate agent, you can list your home as an FSF and sell the property on your own. No matter which path you choose with selling your current property, you also have the option to purchase your next house without a real estate agent. Since you do not have an agent, you will be the one showing the house and negotiating with a buyer’s agent for a sale, which for some people can be time-consuming, stressful, and emotionally charged.    

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Seller agents establish the listing price for your home, list the home, do all marketing efforts, show your home, and represent you during sales negotiations. As a buyer, you want an agent who is at least as fast and able as you are to find homes for sale that are just listed - and has the resources to find homes for sale that are not listed in the traditional channels. A qualified real estate agent can help you sell your house more quickly and for more money than you could do on your own -- but most agents charge a commission based on a home for sales price, which could gobble up the proceeds of the sale. Or worse, many real estate agents may even use your house to drive their educated buyers away from the property at more favorable prices.   


A good real estate agent Oceanside should authorities a listing in which the seller believes the home is worth far more than it is worth in the current market. The short answer is you are going to have to trust your agent to advise you on the wisest listing price. Sure, although it may be tempting to go with a real estate agent that suggests you list your home for a higher price, be sure to ask for evidence on how this price was determined through comparative market analysis.    

MCGEE & Co looks at numerous data points, one being how many times this agent represented both seller and buyer in a single transaction, as opposed to their overall number of properties they sold. That alone probably pays off your listing agents commission, and then some; National Association of Realtors (NAR) data shows agent-assisted homes sold at $250,000 on average, compared with $130,000 in FSO sales.


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