What is the deal exactly, with One Percent Realty?
We are a fully licensed real estate company that offers full service but at a discount commission. In terms of services and exposure, we are identical to whoever you would like to compare us with. We are on MLS®, all the top internet real estates sites, we place a sign on your property ( if it's allowed ), we show the property, hold open houses, advertise it, handle all the negotiations, plus the conveyancing. There is nothing that you are not getting, except for a high commission!
What do you charge?
Properties under $500K are $5,000+GST. For properties $500K+ you pay 1%. + You choose what you wish to offer buyer agents.
Are your listings on MLS® and realtor.ca?
Yes, and yes.
What if a buyer has his own agent? Do I have to pay them?
The Seller’s lawyer generally pays out the funds and the seller generally decides the amount to be paid out to the buyer’s agent. You may hear the amount of 3.5/1.5 and this almost always refers to 3.5/1.5 being paid out for each side. The Seller’s side, and also for the buyer’s side. When deciding the amount to pay to the buyer’s agent, we recommend offering the same 1% to the other side. As a matter of passing interest, over 75% of our listing sales are sold by Cooperating outside agents through the Multiple Listing Service. If an agent tells you that our listings are not sold by other agents, they are simply lying. We have years of MLS® statistics across Canada to prove it.
Other agents have told me that if I list with One Percent Realty, agents from other companies will not show my house because they don't get the same amount of money. Do agents boycott your listings?
Our listings are shown by cooperating REALTORS® everyday just like other listings on MLS®. We cannot measure showings that we don't get. What we have seen across Canada over the years is that over 75% of our listings sales are sold by cooperating agents. Would they rather have more money? Of course-no argument. But the fact is, our listings are displayed everywhere that all the other listings are. All our listings are on MLS®, all the top internet sites, have a sign on the lawn, are in the real estate paper, and we do open houses. So if someone is looking for a home in your neighbourhood, in your price range, they are going to know it is for sale. That buyer is going to look at whatever is on the market before they make their decision. Buyers don't pay the real estate commission, so why would they care which house they buy? If their agent is unhappy with what we pay, the buyer will call us. But the fact is that the agents show & sell our listings, every single day. All of our sold signs over the years prove it!
Are there any hidden fees?
From what we charge for our services, there are no hidden fees. When it comes to costs of selling your home, there are fees, like legal fees and moving fees to name a couple. We will definitely go through the process in more detail and explain what selling your home would look like. When you sell your home with Derek, he will walk you through the process.
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How much could you save in commission selling with Derek?
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$400,000
Commission saving when selling with Derek *
$6,000
*Savings calculated using One Percent Realty's posted commission rates compared to another agent charging 7% on the first 100k & 3% on the balance + GST. Not all agents charge the same.
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