Real Estate Market Update

Fall 2008

Current Real Estate Trends

"Is "Your" Agent Really Working for You?" - Oh, you think home buyers have always had representation? Well, think again.

As a buyer, you are not represented unless you've told the real estate agent who is showing you homes that you want that agent to represent you as your "buyer agent." If you haven't, "your agent" could be representing the seller. read the full article at BankRate.com...

In the Public Interest... A Lobbyist's Dream - An essay by By Ralph Nader, June 23, 1999

Most home buyers do not know that their real estate agent legally represents the interests of sellers, unless he or she is a buyer broker who only represents buyers. H.B. 6981 would effectively permit licensed real estate agents to enter into relationships with buyers and sellers during the same transaction — a conflict of interest. read the full article at Nader.org...