Anonymous wrote:+1
50 hours on average is enough.
Tippy Toppy agents should get 100 bucks an hour and it will be 5K extra frcition cost for a buyer.
Couple of thousands should be enough in most cases just like all other countries. Agents are not doing anything extra in US for charging that high.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As someone who is saving up for a condo, I’m not really happy with this decision. Now not only will I have to have money for a downpayment and closing costs, but also agent costs. Sellers probably won’t want to pay buyers agents, and I don’t want to a first time home buyer without one. It seems to shift more burden onto buyers. But it seems like many are happy with this decision.
You can make a free above ask and use the extra money to pay your agent.
Offer above ask*
This would mean that on top of everything else, the buyer would be rolling the cost of the realtor into the cost of the loan and paying it off over 30 years..
Under the current system the buyer’s agent fee is added to the cost of the loan and buyers pay it off over 30 years. Under the new system, buyers will have the option of foregoing some or all of this fee, and having a smaller loan
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Cartel system is broken.
System will find it's floor like many other developed countries where it cost 1-2% total.
Stock brokers used to cahrge useless fees and cartel was broken eventually. About time, americans stop wasting 5% of biggest purchase of their life. Agent can be useful but not as much as 5%.
30-40 bucks an hour is more than enough.
10 hours - 400 bucks
100 hours - 4000 bucks
200 hours - 8000 bucks
Hourly contract just like any other work will do fine.
There is no way that I would represent anybody and do 10 hours of work to collect $400. However, I am now thinking about getting a brokers license and starting an hourly brokerage that represents Buyers. I’ll hire a bunch of novice real estate agents and take a cut of their business.
Anonymous wrote:If this settlement goes through it is a big deal and will upend the whole real estate industry. Winner in the end will be Zillow, CoStar/homes.com and other listing portals.
Buyers will be alone and at the mercy of listing agents working for sellers again. We will have lawsuits and more regulation, making it more expensive for everyone to transact real estate. For example, there will likely be the need for “transfer insurance” purchased by the seller to protect themselves against lawsuits from unrepresented buyers (as is the case in many countries abroad.)
Regardless, short term the pain will be felt by Realtors and brokerages. The high interest rates, low volume of transactions and a loss of 50pct of the commission pot, will make more than half the real estate agents leave the industry and let their licenses expire. Buyer agency is dead - nobody but some of the well off will want to pay enough to make it worth it for the agent. The ones that need the buyer agent the most will be the ones least able to afford one.
Agents on this board are understandably frustrated - their current careers are likely over. Hopefully the economy doesn’t go into full recession as well.
Anonymous wrote:American home sellers are the population that will benefit from this the most. And the reality is that they needed the least. Home prices continue to be at record highs. It is a great time in America to be selling a home.
From a consumer perspective, the group that is the most currently screwed over is people who are buying homes. Interest rates are high, and prices are at highs. The market is incredibly tight. And now, Buyers will either have to go into this incredibly competitive market with new representation, or they will have even more costs, and what is basically already an untenable market for homebuyers.
Buyers who use companies like Redfin, or populations such as veterans who use the USAA referral plan will no longer get rebates.
Also, many agents give rebates to their buyers, especially if they are working the sale side of the transaction as well. Those rebates help offset the ever-increasing closing costs.
As an agent I do fully recognize that is some markets, the commissions are ridiculous, but I just don’t see how this benefits any homebuyer in America right now.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As someone who is saving up for a condo, I’m not really happy with this decision. Now not only will I have to have money for a downpayment and closing costs, but also agent costs. Sellers probably won’t want to pay buyers agents, and I don’t want to a first time home buyer without one. It seems to shift more burden onto buyers. But it seems like many are happy with this decision.
You can make a free above ask and use the extra money to pay your agent.
Offer above ask*
This would mean that on top of everything else, the buyer would be rolling the cost of the realtor into the cost of the loan and paying it off over 30 years..
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As someone who is saving up for a condo, I’m not really happy with this decision. Now not only will I have to have money for a downpayment and closing costs, but also agent costs. Sellers probably won’t want to pay buyers agents, and I don’t want to a first time home buyer without one. It seems to shift more burden onto buyers. But it seems like many are happy with this decision.
You can make a free above ask and use the extra money to pay your agent.
Offer above ask*
This would mean that on top of everything else, the buyer would be rolling the cost of the realtor into the cost of the loan and paying it off over 30 years.
Anonymous wrote:As someone who is saving up for a condo, I’m not really happy with this decision. Now not only will I have to have money for a downpayment and closing costs, but also agent costs. Sellers probably won’t want to pay buyers agents, and I don’t want to a first time home buyer without one. It seems to shift more burden onto buyers. But it seems like many are happy with this decision.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As someone who is saving up for a condo, I’m not really happy with this decision. Now not only will I have to have money for a downpayment and closing costs, but also agent costs. Sellers probably won’t want to pay buyers agents, and I don’t want to a first time home buyer without one. It seems to shift more burden onto buyers. But it seems like many are happy with this decision.
You can make a free above ask and use the extra money to pay your agent.
Offer above ask*
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As someone who is saving up for a condo, I’m not really happy with this decision. Now not only will I have to have money for a downpayment and closing costs, but also agent costs. Sellers probably won’t want to pay buyers agents, and I don’t want to a first time home buyer without one. It seems to shift more burden onto buyers. But it seems like many are happy with this decision.
You can make a free above ask and use the extra money to pay your agent.
Anonymous wrote:As someone who is saving up for a condo, I’m not really happy with this decision. Now not only will I have to have money for a downpayment and closing costs, but also agent costs. Sellers probably won’t want to pay buyers agents, and I don’t want to a first time home buyer without one. It seems to shift more burden onto buyers. But it seems like many are happy with this decision.