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You are right, the agent is supposed to work for the client but ultimately does serve himself. My agent has been contacting his network of developers (house flippers). I started to realise he will work for them also, to get return business from them.
Anyway i think an agent is a must for selling. They know the ins'n'outs. For example; if a buyers offer is accepted and has a subject to finance clause, my agent will contact their bank to verify that sum is already approved to that person and then contract can be signed. This stops me signing a contract which will fail because the buyer may not actually be able to get that sum of money. Great piece of mind. Apparently this scenario rarely occurs.
No homeowner grants available to me in 1995 when I bought this place, my first house purchase. I certainly remember hearing about them in the 80's.
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