What do you want to pay your real estate agent? Well, if you’re a buyer, you might think you don’t pay your agent anything. That’s because, the commission on the deal is paid out of the seller’s proceeds. So, the seller pays it. Of course,...
Of course they do! The worst of the US housing slump is over, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales of previously owned US homes will grow at an annual rate of 6.29 million in the first quarter, snapping five consecutive quarterly declines, the...
This is an awesome idea! Contact me to learn more! A Texas real estate agent looking to add more bang to her business is offering clients in law enforcement a free Glock pistol if they buy a home from her. Julie Upton, a Houston-area real estate agent, spurned...
Oh, yes I was. As mentioned first in my blog entry of two days ago, Gibson Domain Domain is now a franchise of Sotheby’s International Realty (or something similar). To the average person, it means nothing. Right? Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty is...
Strong rumor on the street is that Gibson Domain Domain, Boston’s largest independent real estate company (and, disputably, the largest real estate company, overall) is about to become a franchise of Sotheby’s Real Estate. (In fact, this may have already...
Recently, Harris Interactive had an online poll Most Prestigious Occupations which places real estate agents at the bottom of the list. The National Association of Realtors countered that “agents” was too broad a term; if Harris had substituted...