Archive for May, 2009

Q: What is Dual Agency and Where Is It Practiced? A: Self interest and the profit motive play a big part in the ongoing effort by multi-office real estate brokerage companies to continue the practice of dual agency. When a buyer buys directly through the Listing Brokerage, that relationship is called dual agency…one agent representing both sides [...]

Won’t I Save Money Using the Listing Agent? One of the longest running myths in real estate perpetrated by Listing Agent’s is the buyer can pay less money for the house by buying directly through the Listing Agent than when represented by their own agent. Since the Listing Agent has a legal and ethical duty [...]