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Why Do I Need A Buyer's Agent in the Frederick Real Estate Market?

With today's internet technology, anyone can google (or bing) and find anything.  A buyer can even find the house of their dreams.  To be truthful, it can be argued that you don't need an agent to find a home for you.  (Although I might argue that point, because an agent will know how to search better than a buyer will...but that's a whole other post.)  So why do you need a buyer's agent?

Two basic reasons:  Representation and Negotiation.  They kind of go hand-in-hand.

The seller's agent represents the seller, and is working in the seller's best interest.  Their best interest is the highest price and the most advantageous terms.

A buyer's agent represents the buyer and negotiates for their best interest.  Often this means a lower price, (but not always, as in the case of a foreclosure with multiple offers), and it means the best terms for the buyer.

Greg Swan, a blogger/Realtor at Bloodhound Blog says it best:  "A skilled buyer’s agent will write the kind of purchase contract that will prove surprising to you at every turn, with every term and condition tailored to achieve your best advantage. Your agent will supervise the inspection process and negotiate the optimal solution to the repair issues. Your agent will be prepared for every pitfall in the closing process.

If you bought and sold houses every day, you could do all these things yourself. It’s because you don’t — and because the seller and the listing agent are looking to take advantage of your naivete at every turn — that you need a skilled buyer’s agent as your steadfast champion in the home-buying process."

Contact us for a skilled buyer's agent's advice to take advantage of the buyer's market we're experiencing in Frederick Real Estate this summer.

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