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Anyone who can "scrape together" a down payment on a home these days also has discipline and is smart enough to pay the buyers agent directly. Geez. I agree that if you can't do that, you have no business buying a house. [/quote]

An FHA down payment is 3.5%. VA loans are often zero down. In neither case is that buyer going to have another 3% sitting around. We're going to shift to low cost fee only agents, just like the rest of the world. [b]There is no justification for paying a buyer's agent 3% when most buyers find their homes on zillow and are perfectly capable of going to open houses themselves [/b] [/quote]

The apparent justification according to previous posters on this thread:

Buyer agents are entitled to live in neighborhoods with million dollar homes.
Buyer agents are entitled to work with buyers regardless of whether or not the buyer needs/wants the agent.
Buyer agents are entitled to 2.5% commission regardless of the value they bring to the transaction.
 
Scrutinizing these buyer agent entitlements will lead to the collapse of our society.

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Try and negotiate on your own and see what happens. When you are making the largest financial purchase of your life might you want representation from a professional who does this every single day?  Who is looking out for a buyer's interest? The listing agent will be paid more and buyers will not have any representation or advice. [/quote]

god I wish I could have negotiated on my own. I hated playing a game of telephone with the largest financial purchase of my life.  I don’t think any buyer’s agent I’ve used has ever had my back or wanted me to pay the best price. I hated being forced to go through at agent and for one transaction, did it on my own and it wasn’t difficult at all.

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