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Originally Posted by adambomb
inb4 someone posts another article about the Vancouver real-estate market and some RS expert says its a puff piece by real-estate agents in order to keep the market up.  |
I'm with you! I find realtors(
TM) to be a fair and impartial representative of the real estate market(
TM). There is no reason whatsoever that they would have to put a spin on anything. No one has ever done anything not in your best interest for the sake of commission.
Oh, sorry...funny thing I read the other day that uh, realtors lie! There is a guy named Ross kay that has been auditing the data and found that the private sales that are now listed in MLS data are being counted in 2013 numbers, which improves the sales outlook as they weren't included in 2012 numbers.
Did you know that CMHC doesn't use MLS data? Wonder why that is?
We have a system where a private company is in charge of the entire transaction.
Oh, its wonderful when you have one as a buyers agent. They look all spiffy, and drive you around in the leased lex.
They can be pricks on a sale. I had one guy walk around with his nose out of joint telling me it won't go for a dollar over x amount. List it and dump it.
Why? Because the big portion of commission is made on speed. Dump it low enough to make it sell fast. BTW...sold it for more than he was going to list it...list! let alone people negotiating down.