Why pocket listings are a disservice to home sellers. This reader had an agent who used a pocket listing to market exclusively to a religious community. Q: I’ve been following your discussion of pocket listings with interest. I had an unfortunate experience with a broker who used a pocket listing to try to sell my [...]
Why are pocket listings banned? Explaining the reasoning behind the National Association of Realtors (NAR) banning pocket listings. Q: You recently answered a question about a home seller paying the commission to an agent for a "pocket listing." You bypass the larger issue and the reason that so-called pocket listings are against the National Association [...]
Are pocket listings unethical? The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has a new rule regulating how and when properties are listed. Our recent article on pocket listings and “coming soon” listings elicited quite a number of comments. Here is one take: Comment: I think you did your readers a disservice by not informing them that [...]
What you should know about pocket listings. Who does this real estate market trend benefit most and why is this reader annoyed by it? Q: I’m annoyed with some of the things I see going on in the real estate market, including pocket listings. Sellers should avoid brokerages that list properties internally before they are [...]
What does a listing agent do? This reader wants to know how listing agents generate interest in a property and if it benefits the home buyer or home seller. Q: In the Washington, D.C. real estate market, it’s common for real estate agents to price a listing low in order to generate the maximum number [...]
Few aspects of modern life have been transformed as much by the Internet as house hunting. Last year, 90 percent of all homebuyers—and 93 percent of first-time homebuyers—used the Internet to find a home. However, as powerful and pervasive as it is, online real estate has its failings—some obvious and some known to only a [...]
