Private Real Estate Listings

- September 2, 2010, 6:31 am

The traditional method of selling a house involves a real estate agent. When such a business is contacted by an owner willing to put his property up for sale, the agent adds the owners real estate property to its list. These are called real estate listings. A more exact definition of the term would be, A Database containing the various real estate properties for sale and rent. However, by selling your property through an agent you stand to lose anywhere from 2% to 6% of the sale value in commission. Although the agency takes care of every expenditure leading up to the sale such as marketing, advertising etc. the commission that they take is much more than the work they do. Therefore, ultimately you stand to lose some of the money contained in the sale price by commissioning a real estate