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by gnopgnip 2712 days ago
The seller has a contract to pay 5-6% when the home is sold. If the buyer is unrepresented, the seller is still paying 5%. The agent has to do much more work to handle a sale with an unrepresented buyer, because they are representing them. If the seller could not pay this 2-3% because the buyer was unrepresented they would keep the money, not give a discount. Presumably they could find another unrepresented buyer too so there is no reason for the seller to give you a discount over other buyers.