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If this is banned in British Columbia – why not US?

If Canada thinks this is a bad idea shouldn’t you?

British Columbia announced that they are banning Dual agency.  You may or may not know what this is but it is when a real estate agent that has a listing (representing the seller) and then gets a buyer that wants to do an offer on that listing.  This creates dual agencyin that the real estate agent now representing opposing parties.  The problem…

Are signs pointing toward the real estate market softening?

As of the writing of this particular post, Massachusetts presently has 10,542 homes on the market with 8,279 also under agreement.  A majority of the homes on the market have been on over 30 days, with more than 4,000 of the 10,000+ homes for sale being on the market for over 60 days! Is this an indication that we are seeing a slow down in the market?

Maybe.  As real estate agents who are out…

New Construction – Restraining order or purchase order?

New construction – a buyers’ dream that usually turns into a nightmare.

Many buyers who want, and can afford, new construction is because they have dreamed of what their perfect house will be and are now at a place in life where they can get what they want. And it won’t be a used home but a shiny new one that they chose the colors, cabinets, flooring, floor plan, etc.  They start out the process…

A Real Estate Agent Can Represent a Buyer Or Seller – or both?!

Maybe this is our bad (as real estate agents) for not letting people know that as a real estate agents we oftentimes represent a seller when they want to list their home or a buyer when they are looking to purchase.  Sometimes, our seller is also buying and we are able to do that as well because those are 2 different transactions and there is not a conflict of interest because each transaction is…

The stupid things a real estate agent says

We’ve been in this business a long time so we are familiar with all the things a real estate agent will say and what they are REALLY saying.  Some of the things said are just plain stupid.  Some are funny.  Some are meant to be vague.  Here’s my list (if I’ve missed some, by all means share yours with us):

 “Seller didn’t want to replace the carpeting or counter-tops because they know a buyer…