Learn About Buyer Agency And A Buyer Agent

A buyer agent or buyer broker (sometimes referred to as buyer agency) represents the buyer in a real estate transaction. Buyer agency is defined as follows: A principal agent relationship in which the broker is the agent for a buyer, with fiduciary responsibilities to the buyer. What does that mean? It means that a buyer agent is tied to the buyer, and that all of that agent's loyalties are to the buyer.

The seller's agent, of the listing agent, represents the seller, not the buyer, and his or her loyalties are to the seller. They must tell the seller anything you, the buyer, tell them, even if it hurts your negotiating position.

Although the benefits of a buyer agent are obvious, remarkably many individuals do not know they can have their own real estate agent who will look out for their best interests.

Simply put, there isn't any reason not to have an exclusive buyer agent represent you and many important reasons to have an exclusive buyer agent.

An exclusive buyer agent only represents the buyers, and everyone in his or her office also represents only buyers, not ever sellers, and looks out for the buyer's best interest at all times. A buyer agent has a duty and obligation to get the best deal for the buyer(s). Remember, not all buyer agents are exclusive buyer agents. You should demand 100 percent loyalty, 100 percent of the time.

An exclusive buyer agent is paid the same seller-authorized commission split that is offered across the board to any agent who brings a buyer, so a buyer's agent does not collect any fees from the buyer.

A buyer agent will pass along any information about the seller or his or her property to help the buyer make a smart decision and get a good deal. An exclusive buyer agent has no interest in you buying any particular piece of property, so a buyer agent will provide you with objective advice. A buyer agent will spot potential problems with a home or any material defects. The seller's agent will not.

For more information, use the following link to read a Merrimack Valley Magazine article about exclusive buyer agents and read below to see what the media has to say about using a buyer agent.

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Client: Frank P.
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Our coverage area includes: Essex County, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Suffolk County, Worcester County, Barnstable County and Bristol County in Massachusetts. Rockingham County, Hillsborough County and Merrimack County in New Hampshire. The following are just some of the Massachusetts cities and towns we provide real estate buyer agent services: Acton, Abington, Amesbury, Andover, Ashland, Ayer, Avon, Belmont, Berlin, Beverly, Billerica, Bolton, Bolyston, Boston (including, East Boston, Charlestown, North End, South Boston, Dorchester, West Roxbury, Roxbury, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain, Chinatown, South End, West End, Back Bay, Allston, Brighton and Beacon Hill), Boxborough, Boxford, Bradford, Braintree, Brockton, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Carlisle, Carver, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Cohasset, Concord, Danvers, Dedham, Dover, Dracut, Dunstable, Duxbury, Essex, Everett, Fall River, Fitchburg, Foxborough, Framingham, Georgetown, Gloucester, Grafton, Groton, Groveland, Hamilton, Hanson, Harvard, Haverhill, Hingham, Holbrook, Holliston, Hopedale, Hudson, Hull, Ipswich, Lawrence, Leominister, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Lowell, Lunenburg, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Manchester, Marblehead, Marlborough, Marshfield, Maynard, Medfield, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleton, Millis, Milton, Nahant, Natick, Needham, New Bedford, Newbury, Newburyport, Newton, North Andover, Northborough, North Reading, Northborough, Norfolk, Norwood, Norwell, Peabody, Pembroke, Pepperell, Plymouth, Quincy, Reading, Revere, Rockland, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Scituate, Sharon, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Somerville, Southborough, Stoneham, Stoughton, Stow, Swampscott, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Wakefield, Walpole, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, Wenham, Westborough, West Boylston, Westford, West Newbury, Weston, Westwood, Westport, Weymouth, Whitman, Wilmington, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn and Worcester, Wrentham. The following are just some of the New Hampshire cities and towns we provide real estate buyer agent services: Atkinson, Brentwood, Derry, Dover, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Hollis, Hudson, Kingston, Londonderry, Manchester, Nashua, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Pelham, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rye, Salem, Seabrook, Stratham and Windham.