Boston real estate - buying a home, Selling your home
The way a commission works is this (mostly): Seller decides to sell his or her property. He or she interviews a couple agents, decides on one. The commission due on sale is usually in the 5% range (in Massachusetts). This commission is split (usually) 50-50 between...Boston real estate - buying a home, Selling your home
Unless you’re a first-time home buyer, you’ll most likely have to deal with a situation where you’re selling your current home and closing on the purchase of your next home, at the same time. Meaning, the same day. That can, and will, cause lots of...Boston real estate - buying a home, Selling your home
I don’t think many people would be confused about this, but just in case: QUESTION: Is the industry standard, if a buyer defaults on a contract to buy a house, the agent gets to keep the deposit, or does the seller get to keep all or part of the deposit? ANSWER:...