MONDAY, Aug 21, Stories - Save TWENTY-FIVE to FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS and MORE!
I’ve got to say, up front, that I do have a broker’s license, and have been working with home-sellers for 38 years. I have access to lots of numbers. I can see exactly how many houses were sold this year. I can see exactly how much money each one brought. I can take from that, the average price of the houses sold in my area, and though it may differ from transaction to transaction, I can pretty well work out the commissions involved for the sellers.
When I do the math, I come out with the above, headline figure.
There are several reasons why someone might choose to sell their own house (known as “For Sale By Owner” or FSBO) rather than using a real estate agent: