Manhattan Beach Buyer’s Agent
The Manhattan Beach real estate market can be intimidating! There are several distinct neighborhoods, and a wide variance in prices and property types. NW Real Estate Brokers has been around since 1979, and is located at the heart of downtown Manhattan Beach, just blocks from the pier. The brokers, agents, and staff available to support your home buying needs are enormous! We partnered with NW so that we can leverage these resources and offer our clients the warmth, talent, and local expertise of this wonderful brokerage.
Every home buyer should use a Realtor. Buyer agent fees and commissions are paid for out of proceeds from the sale, by the home seller. Buyers pay nothing for hundreds of hours of free labor, contract negotiation, transaction support, and expertise! We do not make buyers sign any contracts up front, so we are very selective in who we represent. Like you should, we value our time! Here are the services we provide for home buyers in the South Bay:
- Initial consultation on the home buying process
- Access to professional listing search tools
- Automated browsing through thousands of listings
- Detailed property reports for homes of interest
- Physical access to homes of interest, not just during public Open Houses
- Route optimization tools to view 25% more homes
- Market research report detailing fair values for homes in your target area
- Home Valuation model to price homes of interest
- We write Residential Purchase Agreements for you when submitting offers
- Negotiation support – we use statistical analysis to help you make the right offer
As a buyer you get all of this free of charge. Our team has lived and worked in the South Bay for over 30 years. We live, work, and play in Manhattan Beach-this is our home-so let us be your trusted agents to help you navigate the market. Here’s how to get started in your home buying adventure:
FREE Listingbook Account
Everyone even remotely interested in searching for homes in the South Bay should have a Listingbook account. This is the most useful tool for home buyers, agents, and those who merely want to casually scan the local market. Signing up is free of charge, and you can configure its settings to receive as much, or as little information and updates as you prefer. Listingbook is the link between Realtors, clients, and the MLS. You’ll instantly gain access to exclusive market and listing information traditionally only available to Realtors and professionals.
Non-Exclusive Buyer Representation
When you move from casual market browser to the point where you’re ready to place your first home offer, it makes sense to retain professional help. Our first home buyer representation package starts with a Non-Exclusive Buyer Representation Agreement. This agreement authorizes us to work on your behalf: search thousands of listings to find the right home, contact agents and homeowners on your behalf, schedule meetings, show you properties, and act as your negotiation representative in submitting offers to buy, counter offers, and conducting the transaction.
“Non-exclusive” means that you are not bound to use our services, and you can find homes and negotiate separately-either on your own, or through another agency. You can terminate the contract if you find our services negligent, or inadequate. Because this type of agreement comes with the risk to us of putting in time, resources, and money without compensation, we are careful in our screening of who to represent, and we limit the resources we will commit up front.
Exclusive Buyer Representation
Serious buyers who are willing to commit to our representation services sign an Exclusive Representation Agreement. This gives us the same formal legal representation rights outlined in the Non-Exclusive Buyer Representation Agreement, but it commits you, the buyer, to use our services for the duration of the contract. Buyer’s agent fees and commissions are paid for out of proceeds from the sale by the seller, so even with this Exclusive Representation Agreement, our services still come free of charge to you. Our goal in signing an exclusive agreement is to ensure that we are compensated for the increased time and resources we will provide to you as your professional representatives. Since you are willing to make us your exclusive agency, we are willing to devote more resources up front to you.
Schedule An Appointment
If you feel like we make a good match, you can call Rob directly at (310) 562-9978 to schedule an appointment. We love to meet new people and to talk real estate, so even if you’re not committed to start your real estate adventures just yet you can still come into the office and see what’s new in the Manhattan Beach market!
