Choosing to have professional representation
Is your agent working for YOU and representing YOU? If you aren't absolutely sure - the answer is NO!
You should understand from the beginning of your relationship with your real estate agent what type of relationship exists. In Georgia, real estate agents (both brokers and sales associates alike) are required by law to let consumers know whether they represent the buyer or the seller.
Until recently, real estate agents almost always represented the seller, not the buyer, in the real estate transaction. Even the real estate agent who drove you from home to home was not working on your behalf. By law, the agent was required to work for the seller's side - to get the highest price and the best terms for the seller.
All that has changed! Wide-sweeping changes in Multiple Listing Service regulations, as well as revisions in legislation and local real estate regulations, have opened a whole new era in real estate transactions...The Age of Buyer Representation!
Today, many real estate agents and companies are offering to represent the buyer in the real estate transaction. From the initial selection of properties, all the way through contract negotiations and closing, you can now have an agent specifically committed to representing your best interests when buying a home.
Consumer advocacy groups have endorsed such representation, and licensing laws in Georgia have now been reworked to enable and encourage representation for the buyer.
As a buyer in Georgia, you now have the right to have your real estate agent representing you. When a buyer and agent enter into an agency relationship, a buyer's brokerage agreement must be executed and this relationship must then be disclosed when making offers to purchase property, informing all the involved parties that the buyer's agent is representing and negotiating on behalf of the buyer.
The Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council, the nation's oldest and largest association of real estate practitioners addressing all aspects of consumer representation in the real estate transaction, has established a criterion for excellence in buyer representation...The "Accredited Buyer Representative" Designation (ABR).
To attain this designation, a real estate practitioner must complete an extensive classroom training program on buyer agency practices and procedures, pass a written examination and submit evidence of practical experience as a buyer's representative.
So, if a real estate transaction is in your future, put an Accredited Buyer Representative to work for you. More than one million people in the United States are licensed to sell real estate. Of those licensees, fewer than 5 percent are Accredited Buyer Representatives (ABR). Hober Realty is one of the few!
CHOOSING HOBER REALTY
Hober Realty embraces all the latest trends in the industry and proudly offers a full range of creative solutions to assist buyers with their real estate needs. If you are shopping around and comparing real estate companies, there are several noteworthy differences between us and our competition. Be sure to consider the following:
* You will always deal with a professional licensed real estate agent at Hober Realty. You will not be assigned to an unlicensed assistant or an administrative person.
* Hober Realty is a local company and knows the Atlanta market.
* David Hober, Owner/Broker of Hober Realty, has over 35 years of Atlanta real estate experience.
* Hober Realty adheres to the highest level of professionalism and is a proud member of the National Association of Realtors and the Atlanta Board of Realtors
* Hober Realty proudly donates a portion of its profits to the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the Atlanta Humane Society.
