It seems like with every new Holiday Season American consumers are demanding more and more value from retailers. In our technological age shoppers have become ultra savvy when it comes to value and price. No longer are consumers fooled into simply assuming that the most expensive item is the highest quality item. Consumers instinctively [...]
Because Flat fee shares its commission with its buyer clients, our buyers have a competitive edge when bidding on houses. Here is an example:
A home is listed by a firm and the seller is offering buyer agents a 3% commission. The home is listed for $350,000.
A buyer with an agent that does not share their commission offers $325,000 for the [...]
With bone chilling temperatures outside it may be difficult to think about Spring and Summer. However, because purchasing a home is typically the largest financial investment an individual or family will make in a year, it is important to begin planning well ahead of the time you actually want to buy. For most families the preferred buying [...]
With the end of the year quickly approaching we just wanted to take a moment to thank all of those who supported us in 2012. We would particularly like to thank our buyers and sellers who made 2012 our most successful year to [...]
On September 30, 2011, after consulting with the National Association of Realtors, the Northwestern Vermont Board of Realtors demanded that Flat Fee Real Estate remove the following blog [...]
We are often asked what is the best strategy for buying a home when you have to sell your current home. Unfortunately there is no correct answer or optimal strategy. Instead you have to evaluate each buyer's personal situation in rendering [...]
There seems to be a misunderstanding of what the standard is for "procuring cause" for a real estate agent to be entitled to a commission as a buyer's representative in Vermont. The Vermont Supreme Court has set the standard under Vermont law. Buyers (and sellers) should be aware of this standard when a real estate agent claims that they are [...]
Many agents seem confused on what levels of radon, if any, are acceptable in a home. There seems to be an industry wide misconception that the EPA recommends that action to reduce radon levels only be taken if a test shows levels exceeding 4.0 Pi/Cl. This is [...]
How is it that despite incredible advancements in the technology available to real estate agents and tremendous increases in agent productivity and efficiency is it possible that the commission charged by most firms has not changed in the last 30 years and is still 6% of the sales price? That defies every basic economic principle. I cannot [...]
From yesterday's (04/13/12) vermontbiz.com
According to analysis of the MLS (Multiple Listing Service), real estate sales in Vermont increased by slightly over 10 percent in the first quarter of 2012. Compared to last year, MLS data for 2012 shows 955 sales while the first quarter of 2011 saw total sales of 867. This increase can be [...]