Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Why use a Realtor to help you buy a New Construction Home?


Ok this blog post is somewhat similar to a post a few weeks back. 
 
A while back ago I was speaking with a prospective home buyer that was in the begging cycle of shopping for a new home. He and his wife had retired a few years back and they were thinking about downsizing. We discussed home styles and areas. Than all of a sudden he stopped responding to my phone calls and email. Weeks later he told me that he and his wife had just put a down payment on a New Construction Home and that “I don’t need a Realtor for that”.

 There are a lot of different reasons, to have a Realtor on your side when shopping for a New Construction Home. The main reason is that builders spend a lot of time soliciting Realtors, guess who pays the commission? The majority of the time the home Builder pays for all the sales commission to outside Real Estate Agents.
 
So why would you not like an advocate on your side for Free. Some one that can advise you on benefits and drawback of adding additional feature. When people shop for pre-existing home there are no shopping list of up-grades that can be added on. Without the advice of a seasoned professional on your side it can be tempting to add an additional up-grades that may bring little once you go to sell down the road. Things that looked like a really great idea on a hot June afternoon being pitched by a New Home Consultant may not sound that great in 10 years when you go to sell.
 
Why would you not like to have a professional on your side to help you navigate the process of buying a home, all this at no additional cost to you. Why would you not like to have a professional on your side to help you pick a new community and a consult you on if the additional $20,000.00 fee for the lot up-grade is a good idea.

 

Keep this in mind next time you open the Friday paper and spend a little more than usual viewing the New Home Section.        



 

 
 
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