All the big questions
Why should you pay 5% commission rate plus HST to sell your house if you don't have to?
Just imagine what you could do with the extra thousands of dollars tax-free you will save compared to you paying the dreaded 5% or 6% commission rate for a traditional Agent providing a traditional service. It is very easy to calculate! To use an example, you would be looking at saving anywhere from $12,000 to $20,000 real extra money, left in your pocket on closing by dealing with John Gagnon your Tusted Local Discount Commission Broker and REALTOR® because John Gagnon Trusted Discount Broker offers Ontario lowest Real Estate Flat Fees and Commission for MLS® Listing/Selling Services in the Quinte Area. The saving is calculated at the rate of 5% commission plus 13% HST, if your property was to sell anywhere from $220,000 and $360,000. How do you feel about this? Is this the kind of Agent you would prefer having working for you, doing everything he can to save you thousands? Lets explain this another way! This is the kind of money you can pay yourself by working with one of John's MLS® Lowest Real Estate Listing Services Flat Fee* Packages, instead of using your traditional 5% commission Agent to sell your property!
How powerful is the Internet such as REALTOR.ca & MLS.ca for buying and selling properties in today's market?
Real Estate has changed drastically over the last ten years in North America and abroad. People do not need an Agent anymore to find and buy a property. Most are now shopping on the Internet in the comfort of their home, to find a property that meets their criteria. Then many simply call the Listing Brokerage or a representative they know to get additional information or set up a showing at their convenience.
In Canada, REALTOR.ca, formerly MLS.ca, has become the #1 Real Estate Advertising Billboard, where about 90% of all properties for sale are advertised by Representatives and Brokerages. Potential Buyers and Sellers in Canada and all over the World can now view complete listing information with up to 30 pictures, video and sound tours as well as complete feature sheets, along with prices, full properties address and map locations, upcoming open houses, dates and times for such and much more. It has been reported that more than 3 million visitors search REALTOR.ca per month totalling more than 200 million pages viewed with an average of about 65 pages per person per month. Now that is a powerful advertising Internet Site! How easy is it to buy or sell a house?
Explaining the buying process, just imagine you view a house you did not like at all, even if I am the best Sales Person in the World, is there anything I could do or say to make you buy this house anyway? Of course not, it does not work that way anymore in Real Estate! Basically when it comes to buying and selling Real Estate most Agents would like you to believe that the buying process is complicated, when the fact is that the house sells itself. You either like the place or you don't, there is nothing in between! As soon as the Buyers walk in the door, they will feel right away in their hearts if this is the house for them or not and if they fall in love with the place or see the potential, they will want to buy it, if they can afford it and maybe willing to pay more that they would expect regardless of what the Agent may have to say. Basically it is a done deal because in their own mind they have already moved into the place. If they don't like the place no matter what one may say, they will move on to the next one.
Explaining the selling process, once again most Agents would like you to think that it is quite complicated. Contrary to popular believes, the only reason a house does not sell has nothing to do with the Agent, it has to do with the asking price! If it is priced unrealistically to high, the property will not sell, simple as that. Buyers are smart and educated today, they are shopping on line and are looking at all the properties available in the same price range and they know an overpriced listing when they see one. The price is directly affected by the location, the condition of the property and the current market conditions, whether it is a Seller's Market or a Buyer's Market. When a property is realistically priced to sell, it will always sell in a reasonable time. Remember that it only takes one buyer to buy it and there are lots of those around searching on REALTOR.ca, looking for a fair deal.
Where will my property be advertised for sale and will other Agents show it?
John Gagnon Discount Broker will professionally post your listing to be advertised @ www.MLS.ca, www.REALTOR.ca, www.quinte-MLS.com, www.quinterealestate.ca/, www.homesacrosscanada.com, www.homelife.ca, www.bellevillerealestatebroker.com, www.johngagnon.ca, www.Realtyflatfees.ca and on the Quinte & District Real Estate Board MLS® System advertised to licensed Sales Representative/REALTORS® @ www.filogixdms.com/qton @ for all to see. Under the REBBA ( Real Estate Broker Act 2002 and Regulations, all REALTORS® are obligated to inform the Buyers of all properties that meet their criteria regardless of the amount of commission rates or other remuneration, if any being offered. See Section 19 of the Code of Ethics (Ontario Regulation 580/05). Now keep in mind that Buyers are already shopping on the Realtor.ca where all properties are advertised for sale , so they know what is available anyway and if they are interested the will ask to see the property anyhow.
You should know that more than 50% of all properties Listed and Sold by John Gagnon and HomeLife Unlimited so far this year, were sold by other Agents. When the Buyer likes a property and wants it, he will buy it no matter who is the Listing Brokerage. In all these cases the Listing Agent was John Gagnon Your Trusted #1 Local Discount Broker with HomeLife Unlimited Connections Realty Ltd. Brokerage.
Are all real estate fees and commissions subject to HST?
You need to understand that Real Estate Agents and REALTORS® are not doing anything wrong by charging you 5 or 6% Commission. It is not against the law in this country to charge lots of money for your services! To make matters worst, there is now HST (13% in Ontario) the dreaded Harmonized Sale Tax associated to the Real Estate commission rates or fees, which lots of Sellers are not aware off when signing a Listing Agreement as most poeple do not read the small prints. Example $20,000 commission plus $2,600 HST, total cost $22,600 to the Seller or to the Buyer indirectly if the Seller is trying to recuperate these added costs in the sale price. Yes somebody has to pay for this one way or another.
This is why in 2010 the Competition Bureau was fighting for lower fees and new innovating Real Estate services therefore the Commissioner has been investigating the monopoly of Organized Real Estate and its Local Boards MLS® Systems forcing them to change their anti-competitive rules and regulations to open up the Market to new discount commissions and flat fees business models such as HomeLife Unlimited Connections Realty Ltd. Brokerage and John Gagnon Discount Broker.
Why and how John Gagnon Broker can charges so much less fees than your traditional Agent?
John Loves to help people and likes to give back to the Community that embraced him all along, by ofering some of he lowest real estate fees ever advertised in the Quinte Area. At this point John is happy to make a living and is not concerned or obsessed in making a killing in Real Estate as many others strive for with their big teams. With John Gagnon various flats fees services packages such the basic Economy or Standard and Deluxe Services Packages, you only pay for the services you want and need. John Gagnon your trusted Discount Real Estate Broker and Lowest Real Estate Flat Fees Specialist can customize a package to fit your needs. Accordingly, it can cost you a lot less to sell your house with John's help.
Who is John Gagnon Real Estate Fees Discount Broker?
Belleville Real Estate Broker/Owner John Gagnon is an experience industry licensed professional REALTOR® since 1995. Since May 1998, John as independently own HomeLife Unlimited Connections Realty Ltd. Brokerage, a Franchise with HomeLife one of North America's Largest Real Estate Franchisers with over 450 affiliated Real Estate Brokerage Offices. With a long successful business background in the Quinte Area Residential Construction Industry and Real Estate Industry, John Gagnon Discount Broker specialized in Residential Real Estate Sales & Listings, offering that extra superior knowledge and expertise as Trusted Discount Broker to help you save thousands and really succeed in achieving your goals in our local market. You should know that in 2005 John Gagnon Discount Broker was awarded #10 Listing Agent across Canada for HomeLife and previously the prestigious Centurion Award in 1997 while representing Centuty 21 Lanthorn Real Estate Services Ltd. Brokerage.
Who should you trust?
Trust John Gagnon, your local Lowest Real Estate Fees and Commission Discount Broker and HomeLife Ulimited Connections Realty Ltd. your Trusted Discount Brokerage to help you select the services package you want and need. You need to get on the phone and talk with John about your situation, so he can best help you decide what services are right for you to achieve your goals, which should be a quick sale for Top dollars with the least amount of agravations. Rest assured that all services packages such as John Gagnon Flat Fee MLS® Listing Services are customizable to meet your particular needs and save you thousands of dollars compared to traditional Real Estate 5% Commission Fee.
You will discover that John's honesty, creativity, flexibility and tenacity are all you need in today's Market for you to save thousands of dollars in Real estate Commission fees by finally taking advantage of the new Competition Bureau Rules and Regulations recently mandated on MLS® Organized Real Estate in Canada.
These new Rules have open up the access to MLS® Real Estate Boards Systems and MLS.ca/REALTOR.ca to Private Sales , for Sale by Owners and all other property Sellers who want to sell and save thousands of dollars in Multiple Listing Services Fees as long as they are dealing with a REALTOR® & Member of the Canadian Real Estate Association such as your trusted experienced local Discount Broker John Gagnon.
Now looking to sell your house? You have now found the right Discount Broker and REALTOR® for you!
Be sure to call John Gagnon Your Trusted Lowest Real Estate Flat Fees Discount Broker at 613-242-4642 direct cell line or 613-966-7555 the office line.
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Are you a senior person 65 & over living alone on a low fixed income or are you a disable person living alone and are in real need to sell your house in the Quinte Area, needing to move into a retirement home or a small apartment? If you can prove that you cannot afford the real estate fees, then John Gagnon will list for FREE your property for sale on the MLS® System instead of $195.00 provided that you can come to John's Office In Belleville and bring all the required information needed to list your property for sale on the MLS® System and you are willing to show the property to prospective serious Buyers. Some income restrictions may apply therefore call for details to make sure that you qualify. John Gagnon is very serious about helping those in real need in his Local Community.
Advertising Discount Broker Disclaimer: Claims of John Gagnon being the Trusted Local Discount Real Estate Broker are based on data supplied by the Quinte & District MLS® Real Real Estate Board showing John Gagnon`s all Active Flat Fees Listings, Solds and Expired Listings from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011 compared to same Listings data of other Members of the Local Board offering and advertising themselves if any as Discount Real Estate Brokers or Brokerages with low Flat Fees Services or low Commission Rates.