How Much is the Buyer Broker Fee?
Update March 2017 - all my youtube videos prior to 2012 have disappeared. Darn it. No matter how closely you look, you may not know how much your Buyer's Agent may be getting paid ... "How much is the commission on that house?" That question…
Dealing with Home Buyers’ New Psychology
It's not really "new" ... the Charlottesville area has been considered a buyers' market for a couple years now. What may be new is the occasionally extreme nature of the buyers and that they are now accustomed to and comfortable with the "new" normal -…
Vetting your Charlottesville Realtor – Like + Experience =
Personally, I've never used the term "neighborhood expert" ... but what if you could actually vet those Realtors who make such claims? In a couple weeks, the Houston Association of Realtors will launch a Web application that allows consumers to see which Realtors within their…
Dropping prices, new construction and the inherent risk in a changing market
A client sent me a link to this story in the Washington Post that discusses something that is happening with more frequency. A buyer contracts on a new construction property, and by the time closing comes around, the value has dropped. What do you do?…