It doesn’t matter if the buyer goes thru an agent or not to the seller. If you don’t go thru an agent buying a home, the seller will be paying the listing agent the same fee: 5 or 6%. If you as a buyer calls the listing agent, now the listing agent gets the whole 5/6% fee, if you go thru your own agent, the listing agent has to split the fee with you buying agent. The seller pays the same fee.
As for getting a deal for not getting an agent for yourself, you would have got the same deal maybe better if you have your own agent.
The only way a buyer will pay less for a house if they don’t use an agent is if the seller is selling it “for sale by owner” and even then, a lot of sellers put in the listing will pay 2.5% if the buyers use an agent, this still saves the seller 2.5%.
I’ve sold the last 2 houses myself, and I didn’t pay any fees to any agent. I did negotiate with a couple that wanted to use a relative who was a real estate agent, and I told them I will not pay any realtor fee, if you use them, and they expect some money for the negotiation, then you would have to pay them, I will pay $0 toward any fees.
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