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by SilasX
2654 days ago
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Maybe, but there are better options. As o nate's comment notes [1], the vast majority of their compensation comes from the house getting sold at all, and the gain from anything beyond that is weak. So they're actually incentivized to just make sure the deal happens and not go for the extra. Edit: There's a similar issue with recruiters. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19432743 |
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You might find this study[1] interesting:
>Our central finding is that, when listings are not tied to brokerage services, a seller's use of a broker reduces the selling price of the typical home by 5.9 to 7.7 percent, which indicates that agency costs exceed the advantages of brokers' knowledge and expertise by a wide margin.
[1]https://www.nber.org/papers/w13796.pdf