Hello everyone,
We have been looking for new homes in the last two months. Currently we did not sign with any real estate agent but we met one through one of the open houses we went. We chatted a little bit casually he said he can look for new homes for us if we want and it does not cost us anything. We usually identify the homes via Zillow or Redfin then we ask him to schedule showing for us and we go to open houses by ourselves and talking to builders directly. He showed us a few homes.
Talking with a few builders so far they are not very positive dealing with buyers agent. One builder we talked today he was saying that we really dont need a real estate agent because we are looking to buy newly built home so real estate agent involvement is usually minimal and it puts a barrier between us and the builder because everything has to go through via real estate agent. This is our first home so we are looking and learning and we don`t know what involves as far purchasing a new home.
My questions:
Do we need to have a real estate agent representing us if we are buying a new home?
Does it really not costing us anything having our real estate agent as a buyer?
any advice you can offer from your own experiences?
Thank you.
We have been looking for new homes in the last two months. Currently we did not sign with any real estate agent but we met one through one of the open houses we went. We chatted a little bit casually he said he can look for new homes for us if we want and it does not cost us anything. We usually identify the homes via Zillow or Redfin then we ask him to schedule showing for us and we go to open houses by ourselves and talking to builders directly. He showed us a few homes.
Talking with a few builders so far they are not very positive dealing with buyers agent. One builder we talked today he was saying that we really dont need a real estate agent because we are looking to buy newly built home so real estate agent involvement is usually minimal and it puts a barrier between us and the builder because everything has to go through via real estate agent. This is our first home so we are looking and learning and we don`t know what involves as far purchasing a new home.
My questions:
Do we need to have a real estate agent representing us if we are buying a new home?
Does it really not costing us anything having our real estate agent as a buyer?
any advice you can offer from your own experiences?
Thank you.
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