Call Managing Broker If Trouble With Real Estate Agent
When you're trying to sell real estate remotely, you may have trouble with your real estate agent. After trying to communicate with the real estate agent numerous times with no success, you may want to...
View ArticleListing Agreement May Lock In Real Estate Agent
When you're selling your home with a real estate agent you will sign a listing agreement that makes your agent the exclusive representative for your property. If you're unhappy with your real estate...
View ArticleMLS Listing Shows Time On Market
A Baltimore reader asks about how long his home has to be out of an MLS, or multiple listing service, to get a new listing. Each area's MLS has its own listing rules. Aside from adjusting the MLS...
View ArticleReal Estate Listing Agreement: Real Estate Agents Asks About Proper Length
A real estate agent asks about the length of a real estate listing agreement, which governs how long he can take to sell a home. The real estate agent says 90 days is too short a duration for a real...
View ArticleExpert Real Estate Tips: Buyer Broker Agreement?
What is a buyer broker agreement? Some real estate agents require buyers to sign a buyer broker agreement to ensure the real estate agent's commission and formalize the buyer/agent commitment. The...
View ArticleHome Septic Inspection: Should Seller Pay?
Q: My husband and I are selling our home and we have a septic system. The buyers brought a septic system inspector to the property and he dug up the lid to the first tank. He is now telling us that we...
View ArticleUnderstanding Listing Agreements
Q: I recently placed my home for sale and listed it with an agent. Now, a friend of my family approached me and is interested in purchasing the house. I have five months left on the contract with my...
View ArticleReal Estate Agents Come In Many Forms
Agency disclosure is a mouthful — tough to say, and tougher still to figure out who represents whom in a transaction. Seller brokers, also known as listing brokers or conventional brokers, typically...
View ArticleNegotiate Your Listing Agreement Before You Sign
We have signed a 30-day contract with a Realtor to sell our home in Maryland. If, after the 30-days are up, someone contacts us to purchase our home, do we owe the Realtor any fees? Is there any sort...
View ArticleSeller Options To Cancel Real Estate Listing Agreement
Q: If you have a piece of property listed with a real estate agent, and you decide you don’t want to sell it before the listing period is up, do you have the right to cancel your listing and take it...
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