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This post reminded me a little of my real estate agent's newsletter: 2007: There's never been a better time to buy! 2008: There's never been a better time to b

This post reminded me a little of my real estate agent's newsletter: 2007: There's never been a better time to buy! 2008: There's never been a better time to buy! 2012: There's never been a better time to buy! 2020: There's never been a better time to buy! 2022: There's never been a better time to buy!

pdx6 4y ago
The phrase over the years is more like “buy now or be priced out forever.” Recessions are good times to take risks since people are afraid and while capital isn’t cheap this time around, assets are.
xisthesqrtof9 4y ago
Easy to fuel the fire when you have unlimited wood to burn.
blitzar 4y ago
Only superseeded by hearing from friends "house prices never go down, there has never been a better time to buy"
quickthrower2 4y ago
My agents: All years: There’s never been a better time to sell! In other countries the agents only make commissions from the seller not the buyer, hence getting the listing is the big thing.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  Assuming you are referring to the US, buy side real estate agents get paid by the sell side real estate agent (technically the real estate seller pays commission to the sell side real estate broker, which then pays the sell side real estate agent and the buy side real estate broker which then pay the buy side real estate agent).
  - rypskar 4y ago
    Is buyer side real estate agent normal in other countries and what do they do except making it even more expensive to buy a house? It is still the buyer who pays even if it is the seller who pay the commission since the commissions are baked into the sell price
    - lotsofpulp 4y ago
      I only know about the US. >It is still the buyer who pays even if it is the seller who pay the commission since the commissions are baked into the sell price This is a trivial characterization, just like an individual who buys lettuce at the grocery store pays for the wages of the person that grows and picks and packages it. A buyer does not have much incentive to not use a real estate agent because a seller using a real estate agent has already agreed to pay x% or $x to the sell side agent, who will give a portion of that to the buy side agent. The reduction in costs only comes when purchasing from a home being sold without the use of a real estate agent (“for sale by owner”).
      - rypskar 4y ago
        What I did mean was that it seems like both the buyers agent and the sellers agent have an initiative to drive the price up
        lotsofpulp 4y ago
        This is countered by the fact that they have limited hours of life to live. Buyers and sellers are not paying agents to maximize and minimize prices. They are paying real estate agents to increase the odds of having a transaction clear, with the buyer receiving property they want, and the seller receiving a price they want. For an agent, trying to maximize price is only worth it up to a certain number of hours of work, after which time it is far better for a real estate agent to maximize number of transactions. An additional 2% of say $50k is only $1k of extra pay, whereas an additional 2% of a $500k sale is $10k.
    - biztos 4y ago

pdx6 4y ago

The phrase over the years is more like “buy now or be priced out forever.” Recessions are good times to take risks since people are afraid and while capital isn’t cheap this time around, assets are.

xisthesqrtof9 4y ago

Easy to fuel the fire when you have unlimited wood to burn.

blitzar 4y ago

Only superseeded by hearing from friends "house prices never go down, there has never been a better time to buy"

quickthrower2 4y ago

My agents: All years: There’s never been a better time to sell! In other countries the agents only make commissions from the seller not the buyer, hence getting the listing is the big thing.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
Assuming you are referring to the US, buy side real estate agents get paid by the sell side real estate agent (technically the real estate seller pays commission to the sell side real estate broker, which then pays the sell side real estate agent and the buy side real estate broker which then pay the buy side real estate agent).
- rypskar 4y ago
  Is buyer side real estate agent normal in other countries and what do they do except making it even more expensive to buy a house? It is still the buyer who pays even if it is the seller who pay the commission since the commissions are baked into the sell price
  - lotsofpulp 4y ago
    I only know about the US. >It is still the buyer who pays even if it is the seller who pay the commission since the commissions are baked into the sell price This is a trivial characterization, just like an individual who buys lettuce at the grocery store pays for the wages of the person that grows and picks and packages it. A buyer does not have much incentive to not use a real estate agent because a seller using a real estate agent has already agreed to pay x% or $x to the sell side agent, who will give a portion of that to the buy side agent. The reduction in costs only comes when purchasing from a home being sold without the use of a real estate agent (“for sale by owner”).
    - rypskar 4y ago
      What I did mean was that it seems like both the buyers agent and the sellers agent have an initiative to drive the price up
      - lotsofpulp 4y ago
        This is countered by the fact that they have limited hours of life to live. Buyers and sellers are not paying agents to maximize and minimize prices. They are paying real estate agents to increase the odds of having a transaction clear, with the buyer receiving property they want, and the seller receiving a price they want. For an agent, trying to maximize price is only worth it up to a certain number of hours of work, after which time it is far better for a real estate agent to maximize number of transactions. An additional 2% of say $50k is only $1k of extra pay, whereas an additional 2% of a $500k sale is $10k.
  - biztos 4y ago