Essential Real Estate v. Anybody: Compare Your Equity Savings Here

Let’s keep it simple. In 1963 residential real estate commissions were typically 7.0% of the purchase price. Today, Zillow says they’re about 6.0%.

Commission down 14%. Zillow says the Median Home Value is up to $285,000. Census.gov shows the median value was $17,000. Is it possible the broker fee was about $1,200 in the summer of ’63? It’s $17,100 today.

We pay 100% of our broker fees from our Home Equity. Home Equity is savings earned. If the median home seller has a typical home equity of $50,000, broker commission is going to consume 34.0% of their equity.

And that’s just the cost of fees. We haven’t looked at the costs of under representation and negotiating flaws.

Essential Real Estate is created with an aim to increase your home equity savings by 33%. They surpass that with real estate contract law knowledge and skills.

Published by Tom Meyer, Owner-Broker, Essential Real Estate, LLC Madison, WI

Reasons to own a home vary, but the reason any of us sell is always the same--we have another plan for the home equity. Costs related to selling and buying (Overspending on fees, repairs, negotiating mistakes, overpaying) consume an unnecessarily large chunk of equity. Essential Real Estate exists to ensure clients have opportunities to keep more equity and accomplish their life plans.

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