Selling or buying a home is likely the most important transaction you will ever make. The process can also be long, tedious, complex, and frustrating. Hiring a real estate agent to take you through this process offers a number of benefits.
Professional real estate agents are skilled negotiators who will always strive to get the best possible price and can provide valuable price guidance, professional networks, help in the negotiation process, provide professional advice in respect of the closing process as well as help with future transactions.
The agent you hire is going to be around for the long run and will be there for you when you need to buy or sell a property. Real estate agents depend on referrals to grow their business, and they’ll make all efforts to ensure you’re happy and satisfied so you can recommend them to your friends and family. Let’s explore 5 reasons to call a real estate agent.
1. Knowledge and experience.
The real estate agent has the necessary experience with the home buying or selling procedure as well as the paperwork. It’s not possible to keep tabs on all aspects of today’s real estate market in Africa. But you don’t need to bother trying to know everything if you hire the services of a knowledgeable and experienced real estate agent. The agent will guide you through the entire process, making everything smooth and stress-free.
2. Save time and energy
Your real estate agent will handle everything and make the whole process more convenient for you. If looking to sell a property, the agent will handle showing the property so you don’t have to make all those tedious appointments yourself. The agent will also filter all those pesky phone calls that lead to nowhere, thereby helping you identify serious buyers. If you’re a buyer, your agent will protect you from being inundated with calls and the marketing tactics of sellers.
3. Extensive knowledge of the neighborhood
Real estate agents have intimate knowledge of street-by-street and even house-by-house market, including the buyers’ markets and sellers’ markets. As a result, they possess an inside scoop on the market and know more details of various homes on the listing. They can identify comparable home sales and hand this information to you, so you can make an informed decision.
4. Provide information on current market conditions and paperwork
No one understands current market conditions better than real estate professionals. They are well-versed with all aspects of the real estate market, especially how different factors such as interest rates and unemployment rate affect the market. By weighing all the data, including ratios of list-to-sold prices, median and average sales prices, the average per square foot cost of similar properties, and average sales prices, they can advise you on your options so you can determine how to proceed.
Real estate transactions typically involve exhaustive paperwork, including tricky contract documents, requests, offers and endless counteroffers, federal- and state-mandated disclosures, and more. An agent can make the process easier for you by handling all the paperwork.
5. Provide valuable price guidance
Real estate agents are tireless analysts who can successfully help you sell for the optimal price or buy at the right price. Your real estate agent will evaluate all the data and guide you in making the right choice yourself, without pressuring you to accept a particular price.
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