Let’s imagine that we are in the process of beginning to sell or buy a house. Any time a major event like this happens in our lives, there are many factors to consider:
The potential list of questions and concerns can keep growing and growing depending on the factors that you are most concerned with.
What type of real estate broker should I use? More specifically, we will be taking a look at the benefits of hiring a discount real estate broker.
A discount Avondale real estate broker is a type of real estate broker that specializes in charging a cheaper than average commission rate when buying or selling a house. They offer a very valuable incentive that may leave you with thousands of extra dollars in savings whenever you make a real estate transaction through them, in comparison with doing business with a more traditional real estate broker.
A traditional real estate broker typically will charge up to 7% commission of the sale price on any given real estate transaction. However, it has dawned on many potential home buyers and sellers that all commissions involved in a real estate transaction are usually quite negotiable. Therefore, in order to gain more business and also provide more fair representation, some Avondale real estate brokerages have decided to tailor the majority of their fees and business in a way where their potential clients would save money in commission payouts but still receive the same services.
For example, as we mentioned before, a traditional real estate broker usually charges up to 7% of the sales price. However, from this commission, selling agents who work with the real estate brokerage are usually paid an average co-brokering fee of 3.15%. This means the real estate brokerage collects up to 3.85% of any transaction that they are involved with by simply listing the properties in question and then handing them off to the proper selling agent. That means that the traditional real estate brokerage actually makes more than the agents that handle the actual real estate sale or purchase.
Once some Avondale real estate brokerages realized that they didn’t need to charge such exorbitant costs for their services while still being profitable, and that lowering their costs would attract more customers, the discount real estate brokerage was born.
The discounts that discount real estate brokers provide vary quite a bit. It really depends on the individual brokerage and the logic and formulas that they use to calculate what is fair for both sides involved.
If you have any questions or concerns about whether or not a discount fee brokerage is right for your next Avondale real estate transaction, give us a call here at Housso. We are happy to help make this stressful process much easier for you!