Where do realtors look?

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Where do realtors look?
The real estate market is pretty simple for anyone to understand. It is formed by two main parties: the seller - the buyer and the so-called layer of intermediaries. Often, the latter play the most important role in the process of real estate transactions.
First, let's figure out where buyers are looking for an apartment. Some home buyers are looking for suitable options with the help of intermediaries - realtors, other potential owners are looking for the apartment of their dreams on their own. According to one of the major real estate agencies, more than 70% of transactions in the Moscow secondary real estate market are conducted with the participation of intermediaries.
However, the seller in theory does not care if he finds directly the buyer or his representative. Therefore, in this case, we are interested in “habitats” of both of them. But since there are more realtors, we’ll start with them ...
What databases on the Internet are used by Moscow realtors is well known. In general, these are the three most popular sources - Winner’s professional classified ads database, real estate agency websites, and From Hand to Hand newspaper website,.
And now I will give out one of the important secrets: realtors try, first of all, to study options on the websites of large real estate agencies. Why? Because these sites are located objects to the maximum extent ready for sale. Namely, their price has already been adjusted by an agent who tried to convey to the owner of the market reality. If we are talking about Moscow, then most likely an exclusive agreement has been concluded with the owner and the latter is aimed at the deal, and not just asking the price. In large agencies, the legal audit service rejected the most dangerous from a criminal point of view options and assessed the risks for the buyer. And from this point of view, it makes sense for the seller to work with large real estate agencies: his apartment will go to the agency’s base, as well as to other major trading floors, if he signs an exclusive agreement with this company (but more on that later). The disadvantages of working with real estate agencies are the need to pay a significant agency commission (3-5% of the market value of housing), as well as the opportunity to get a negligent agent.
If we talk about realtors in Moscow, then they do not need to go around dozens of sites of real estate agencies, since most of the information agencies collected in a professional real estate system Winner. And generally speaking, the seller can easily submit a FREE advertisement for the sale of his apartment directly to this system. This is the second big secret. It should be understood that in this case, the realtors will see the announcement mainly you, as a seller, will be doomed to work with an intermediary and will lose explicitly or implicitly on commissions.
The third search tool for professional realtors is real estate portals that collect information throughout the market. The most popular in the capital is the website of the From Hand to Hand newspaper, the largest electronic bulletin board in Russia. You can place your ad on it almost for free - about 100 rubles / week. True, in our experience, the ads there work worse, because there is a very large proportion of people who are poorly oriented in the market and prices. Yes, they are interested in real estate, but would like to make an exchange at no extra charge or to buy an apartment in the center of Moscow up to 5 million rubles.
But that's not all…
There is still a good recommendation for sellers - use the maximum number of sites for posting ads, and use new features such as electronic message boards and social networks. In another article, we will talk about how to use non-traditional opportunities to advertise your apartment.
Author: Victor Shchebletsov
Source: https://finam.info/building/news235A700001/default.asp

 

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Elena, 34 years old, St. Petersburg: “To buy an apartment, I turned to a real estate agency for help. There they immediately offered me exactly what I wanted. They immediately gave the hostess's phone number. I called her right away, and we agreed to meet the next day to inspect the apartment. I entered into an agreement with the agency, delighted by the quick resolution of my problem, and paid 1300 rubles. And only then I saw that in the contract in the section “Obligations of the Contractor” only one point was indicated - to provide the customer (that is, me) with information. And in the section “Dimensions and settlement procedure” it is indicated that the contractor does not return the money under any circumstances. I called the landlady's number two weeks several times a day, but no one answered. The agency offered to call this number yet, but no longer offered other housing options.

Today, entire organizations are engaged in deception of gullible citizens on the real estate market. As a result of housing fraud by companies such as Moszhilstroy or Unistroy, almost a thousand Muscovites were left without money and without housing. Then the imaginary realtors were exposed, but today there are many lovers of quick and easy money.

Recently, another large apartment scam was discovered by employees of the Moscow Office for the Suppression of Economic Crimes (UBEP). Its main organizer, 44-year-old Nikolai S., together with his friends, without a license to carry out real estate transactions, published newspaper advertisements for the sale of apartments at low prices. A lot of people who wanted to get apartments at a low price approached their office. False realtors even produced documents stating that they allegedly operate under the auspices of the International Public Fund for the Elimination of Consequences of Emergencies. This is why they explained preferential housing prices. Fraudsters went so far as to sell the same apartments several times. Clients paid a deposit of 20-30% of the cost of virtual apartments. In return, they received fake payment receipts and letters of guarantee. Scammers expected to earn $ 1 million in this way, but managed to get "only" about $ 120 thousand.

“Gave the money away? Free ... "
There are many firms one-day. For several months they collect money from unsuspecting citizens, and then disappear.

Unlike traditional real estate companies, such agencies work according to the following scheme: you pay a monthly rent for the apartment you found (agencies sell only information about the apartments that are supposedly for rent). Then, on your own, ring up the options offered to you. Usually, many agree to this, since it is cheaper. But then it turns out that the information you were given is false or outdated.

Everyone has long heard such scams, but many simpletons come across them today.

What to do?
* registering a contract through a company, check that it has a license for this activity. In no case do not leave your passport and certificate of privatization of the apartment with intermediaries and other persons (tenants, etc.).
* First of all, when concluding an agreement with a real estate company, reflect in as much detail as possible the parameters of the desired housing.
* concluding a contract, a realtor will require you to make some advance payment. This is normal practice: after all, the search for apartment options is associated with some material costs. Another thing is that the size of the advance should be reasonable.

Legal advice
Any contract concluded can theoretically be terminated in court. The realtor is only liable for errors made by his employees directly during the execution of the contract of sale, as well as for violation of his obligations.

In the case of the seller’s dishonesty, the responsibility of the realtor is more of a moral character: the mistakes made are a serious blow to the reputation of the company.

Compensation for the material damage caused to the buyer should be an insurance company with which a real estate company has a contract.
Source: https://juliki.ru/flats/83-rijeltory.html