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There are many ways to find an agent. Including referrals from people you know can be one of the best ways to find a real estate agent. Another good source for agent information is the Internet, including this web page. Use the search tool above to find a real estate agent who is a member…

Using a real estate agent has several advantages over just looking yourself. A real estate agent can: Help you determine exactly what you’re looking for. Arrange appointments for you to visit homes, and tour them with you. Assist you in evaluating the quality of the home, compared to the price. Make it easier to negotiate…

We recommend to look at enough properties to gain a comprehensive understanding of the marketplace. This will provide you with the required knowledge to work out if the property you are interested in represents value for money. This will also help you to determine which location appeals to you the most. It is important to…

A cooling off period is usually where one party — usually the buyer — is given a short amount of time after signing and exchanging the contracts to decide if they definitely want to proceed. The seller is generally bound to the contract and prohibited to sell the property to anyone else during the cooling…

A buyer’s agent is employed by a buyer to establish a shortlist of properties that meet their specific requirements or preferences. Once this list has been developed, the agent takes the clients to inspect the selected properties and negotiate the purchase price on the buyer’s behalf — or possibly do the bidding at auction. There…

While a number of factors come into play, in the end a property’s worth is judged by only one figure — how much is somebody prepared to pay for it at the time? The most significant considerations for pricing a property are recent sales and current competition. The former is a review of what other properties…