“Falling in and out of love!” Buyer’s remorse is human nature.

  You are sooo right....we have shown buyers less expensive properties feeling them more appropriate for their needs...satisfied clients make our jobs rewarding careers.

As you say....making the sale is not the top priority.  Some will never understand that the point is to build a satisfied client base who will be repeat referrers as well as repeat buyers.

It is vital that the buyer is happy with their purchase. They make the decision not us.

Richard, We had buyers for our listing get remorse so quickly that we didn't even get to see the offer they'd sent to the office the prior evening before their agent sent a "nevermind" email.  Got scared of radon and they were done.  A shame because the home has a mitigation system in place.  Unusual for us to see that happen that quickly.

It happens - always recall the second thoughts I had when buying my first home which was probably my best investment ever. Thanks

Making a sale is NOT our top priority.

This is  a very true statement for the GOOD agents.   these agents also see a lot less buyers remorse as a result.

You are so right!  I had a listing and a buyer needed to move into in three weeks.  Their agent had talked them into accepting a quick closing before they had found anything else and they had NO MONEY for a short term rental.  The sale, rather than what made sense for the client, was all that mattered to that agent.

I know it happens, but it's certainly not the norm.  My office, like you Richard, puts the clients first.  We figure happy clients make good future business.  I never will understand agents who don't work/feel this way.

What a nice post. And oh, so true. I have had two closings in the past ten years at which I knew my buyers had buyer's remorse. It was the most unsettling feeling -- hard to even describe. Having a sale under your belt means nothing if the buyer isn't happy.

Indeed, I have clients right now that found the perfect home. The challenges with the Seller wanting to make repairs of offer some additional price credit got them thinking about all that really needed to be done with this home. They have since found a home that is over $100,000 LESS than the last one, and are now going to build onto it! What a change...but still very happy clients!