How to Know if Your Buyer’s Agent Is Right for You

If you’re buying a home, you should interview one or multiple agents and ask them different qualifying questions to get a sense of their capabilities and how well they match with you.

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If you’re a homebuyer, how can you know if a particular agent is the right fit to help you buy a home?

Our lead buyer specialist David Williams knows all about this topic. David has been part of our team for eight years, and he’s helped more than 249 people purchase a home. He’s exclusively a buyer’s agent, which is a little different than most agent’s you’ll meet.

He’s still amazed by buyers who go to open houses or stop at a new construction site and end up hiring the first agent they come across. That’s all well and good if that agent can represent them well, but if you’re considering buying a home, it’s important that you interview one or multiple agents the same way a person would if they were listing a house instead of buying one.  

Your house is your biggest financial asset, so the agent you hire should know how to represent you, how to work the market you’re currently in, and know what’s important to you for the long term. We’ve even created a list of about a dozen questions a buyer should ask an agent before working with them. Some of these questions include:

• Why did you get into real estate?
• What are some things that can happen during the transaction that can cause problems?
• How long have you worked in the area?
• How many homes have you sold?

There are many different qualifying questions you can ask an agent to find out what their experience is, how actively they can solve problems that come up, and how well they can represent you in the process.

The agent you hire should know how to represent you.

Our team loves your questions so if you have one, feel free to email us any time of the day. If we choose your question as the subject of one of our videos, we’ll send you a Starbucks gift card. We look forward to hearing from you.

Where Can You Find the Most Relevant Real Estate Data?

There is a wide selection of top-quality homes to choose from throughout Chester County and Northern Delaware. If you're interested in looking at all the current homes that are listed, GO HERE to perform a Full Home Search, or if you're considering putting your home on the market, CLICK HERE to obtain a Free Home Value Report. For any other questions you have regarding Chester County Real Estate or the value of your home, please feel free to call or text me at (484) 727-4070.

Many people are unsure how to effectively use the internet to find the best real estate information. The ubiquity of Zillow and Trulia really makes it difficult to get the hard facts. While those sites are great places to go to find basic information, most of it is pretty inaccurate. The attention to detail and reliability just aren't there.

It's best to get an agent involved as soon as you start a search. The algorithms these sites use to determine your home's value and the data they use to show available listings are unreliable. For instance, here in the Philadelphia area we have homes built in the 1800s that are only blocks away from new construction - you can't compare a 19th century home's square footage with one that was built yesterday. Yet that's exactly what Zillow and Trulia do.

At the end of the day, you need somebody from our team to walk you through the real values, so you know what's really going on in the market. Sure, WebMD is a great place for general health information, but wouldn't you rather have a doctor's word than an online diagnosis? Real estate is no different - we are professionals who are here to make sure you make the best possible decisions in the marketplace.

If you have any questions about the Greater Philadelphia area market, or want to buy or sell a home, don't hesitate to contact us. We enjoy walking through homes and talking real estate, and we would love to do so with you!