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Benefits of a Buyer’s Agent San Jose CA

Buying a home in San Jose is the biggest single investment we’re likely to make – and we’re only likely to do it maybe once or twice in a lifetime. The process is, by nature, filled with checks and balances – and many complex details. Traditionally, real estate agents were legally obligated to protect the interests of the home seller. Today preferences are changing. One of these changes is that more California homebuyers are choosing to have their own San Jose real estate buyers agent, to legally represent them.

A buyer’s agent represents you, the buyer, not the seller, and has full fiduciary duties, including loyalty to you. By definition, the buyer’s agent has your best interests in mind throughout the transaction. The percentage of CA homebuyers with buyer representation has grown significantly in the past decade. According to a recent National Association of Realtors® survey, nearly half (46%) of home buyers used the services of a buyer’s agent last year, and four out of every five buyer’s agent agreements were in writing.

The benefit of buyer representation is the dedication of a buyer’s agent to the home buyer. The San Jose Buyer’s Agent and homebuyer establish a mutual agreement, known as a buyer agency agreement that will entitle the homebuyer to, but is not limited by:

Loyalty: The California real estate agent must act in the best interest of the buyer.

Disclosure: All material facts such as relationships between agent and other parties, existence of other offers, status of earnest money, seller’s financial condition, property’s true worth, commission split with other brokers, and legal effect of important contract provisions.

Confidentiality: Any discussions, facts, or information that should not be revealed to others but does not include responsibility of fairness and honesty in dealings with all parties.

Accounting in dealings: Reporting of where any money placed in the hands of the broker is kept.

Reasonable Skill and Care: Arriving at a reasonable purchase price and advising the buyer of such, affirmatively discovering material facts and disclosing them to the buyer, investigating the material facts related to the sale. With a buyer agency, the interests of the homebuyer will be represented in the purchase of the home. This is different from a typical transaction where the buyer is not technically represented.

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