buyers agent: Buying "Small" in Salt Lake - 10/03/08 03:53 PM
With all the plusses that come with more square footage, the smart buyer will look at the additional costs.
Whether you are buying a home as an investment, or planning on living there a long time, there are many reasons some Buyers choose to buy "small" rather than buying "large" homes. … (3 comments)
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buyers agent: Salt Lake City, Utah Job Market Among the Most Healthy in the Nation - 10/02/08 04:22 PM
The latest Conference Board Press Release (Dated October 1, 2008) shows some areas of the country where the number of available jobs exceeds the number of unemployed. One of those cities (the one at the top!) is Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Conference Board reports that "35 of [the] top 52 … (4 comments)
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buyers agent: CNN Money Article - Exclusive Buyer's Agents representing their clients - the Buyers! - 09/17/08 11:47 PM
I suppose I should have blogged about this a few weeks ago, but I was interviewed by Les Christie from CNN Money last month and was written up in another CNN Money article, this one titled "Homebuyers turn the screws on desperate sellers."
Although the article doesn't mention this, I believe … (2 comments)
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buyers agent: Relocating Client of Exclusive Buyer's Agent: "I got more than my money's worth" - 09/16/08 01:12 AM
Category: REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Work Done: Yes Hire Again: YesApproximate Cost: $12,000.00Description Of Work:Benjamin Clark is an exclusive buyer's agent, representing buyers only in real estate transactions and in our case, for the purchase of a primary residence in Salt Lake. He showed us over 150 homes in the four months … (2 comments)
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buyers agent: Provo-Orem and Salt Lake City, UT at top of 2008 Best Performing Cities Index - 09/15/08 04:19 PM
The Milken Institute ranks metropolitan areas by how well they create and sustain jobs, wages and salaries and technology.
Their report, dated September 10, 2008 shows Utah's Largest Metro Areas strong atop the list of over 200 Large Metropolitain areas nationally.
Provo-Orem comes in at #1 with Salt Lake City at … (0 comments)
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buyers agent: Exclusive Buyer's Agent: The Purest Form of Real Estate Buyer Representation - 09/01/08 08:43 PM
Christopher Cruise writes on Bankrate.com:
Any licensed real estate agent in the United States can legally act as a "buyer's agent," although not all have experience doing so. You can... engage what's called an "exclusive buyer's agent." This is the purest form of buyer representation...
Every time you buy a home, … (0 comments)
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buyers agent: Utah County First Time Home Buyers Want Someone on Their Side - 06/20/08 01:22 PM
We recently purchased our first home in Utah County with the assistance of Benjamin Clark. We had been researching homes and the home-buying process for about a year before we decided the time was right. After reading a lot about the process, it became clear to us that we wanted someone … (5 comments)
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buyers agent: Roy Home Buyers Find Success by Hiring Exclusive Buyer's Agent - 05/29/08 02:54 PM
Wow, where do I start relaying my experience of buying our first house? First, I guess you can say that my husband and I are very cautious people. We do a lot of research before buying any large-ticket item, whether it be a lawnmower, a washer, a car, etc. So when … (1 comments)
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buyers agent: Ummel Case Follow-Up - 04/19/08 11:20 PM
I got the chance to correspond with a reporter in San Diego who wrote an article this week about one of the juror's responses following the verdict in the Ummel vs. their Realtor (R) case.
Like many of you, the reporter had not heard of Exclusive Buyer's Agents before we had … (3 comments)
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buyers agent: Questions for Buyer's Agents - My Responses - 04/18/08 01:10 PM
I don't know the specific origin of these questions, but Buyers ask them all the time. A wise homebuyer will ask these types of questions to any agent they interview.
Here are my responses to Buyers when I am provided with these questions:
Do you spend 100% of your time representing … (2 comments)
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buyers agent: Salt Lake City - 3rd Best Place to SELL a home - 04/14/08 01:22 PM
Last week Forbes.com put out a picture story about the best places in the United States to SELL your home.
Here's what they said:
The story makes a few interesting statements about Salt Lake's ecoonomy that I thought should be considered by anyone considering a move to the area, as … (10 comments)
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buyers agent: The Clients I Enjoy Working With - 04/05/08 11:44 PM
I prefer to work with people I like and who like me. I will gladly turn away a prospective client who is unreasonable, rude, stressful or condescending. Likewise, I wouldn't expect anyone to work with me if I treated them that way.
A good agent focuses on your concerns and needs … (6 comments)
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buyers agent: Salt Lake Real Estate Market Musings - 1st Quarter 2008 - 03/28/08 11:58 PM
It will be interesting to see if the slowdown during the Fall (which causes numbers in the Winter to be lower) was as dramatic as it seemed.
I'm curious if Spring and Summer might actually do very well due to many hesitant and fence-sitting Buyers who are now confidently purchasing homes … (3 comments)
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buyers agent: Salt Lake Real Estate Market Update - Days on Market - 03/28/08 11:54 PM
As you can see from the graph below which analyzes the average number of days on the market it took for a listed home to sell, you can see that this is one statistic that has actually followed a pretty smooth pattern over the past 6 months.
Days on the market peaked in … (1 comments)
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buyers agent: Salt Lake Market Update - 1st Quarter 2008 #1 - 03/28/08 11:38 PM
Take a look at this graph that shows Average List Prices and Average SOLD Prices in Salt Lake County over the past 6 months and tell me you don't see the same thing that I do:
Salt Lake appears to have gone through a minor slump during 4th quarter 2007 and the … (3 comments)
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buyers agent: Get an Agent on your side when buying - 02/23/08 11:55 PM
If you are thinking about buying a home in the Salt Lake area, make sure you get an agent on YOUR side.
Homebuyer Representation, Inc. is the only Real Estate Brokerage representing Buyers ONLY in Salt Lake City and the Surrounding Areas. We do not list any homes. We never represent Sellers. We work for BUYERS ONLY on … (0 comments)
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buyers agent: Ummel Case - National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents Statement - 02/10/08 12:46 AM
Being an Exclusive Buyer's Agent and a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (Disclosure: I'm also on the Board of Directors), I was excited to see the following article on FoxBusiness.com:
Buyer Agent Organization Comments on Ummel Home Buying Case
The Association's position is simply that part of a Buyer's … (6 comments)
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buyers agent: Utah's Drought - 02/07/08 11:57 AM
In today's Deseret News (February 7, 2008) a story about more snow coming mentioned the following:
"The bad weather has brought some good news. In a hydrologic outlook released Wednesday, the Weather Service said the January storms brought an accumulation 165 percent of normal. Southern Utah was already above its normal April … (3 comments)
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buyers agent: Salt Lake Area Real Estate Blog Entries - A Guide for Home Buyers - 02/06/08 04:26 PM
Thank you for visiting my Salt Lake Area real estate blog for Buyers.
Here are recent posts that you may find of interest:
FINDING HOMES
The Truth About "Buyer's Guides"
How to Know About the Newest Homes on the Market Each Day
"Staged" Homes in Utah - Things for Buyers to Consider
Buying a Home … (4 comments)
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buyers agent: Salt Lake's Smartest Homebuyers! - 02/06/08 04:14 PM
What clients are saying about Homebuyer Representation, Inc. Utah's Exclusive Buyer Brokerage!
"We wanted someone who would work with us and not be constrained or biased by their own listings or those from colleagues in their same office or group. Benjamin was extremely responsive and even did virtual walk-throughs with us via video … (0 comments)
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