hat would you think if you heard that
George Clooney had hired an expensive
dating service. Perhaps that he
was wasting his money?
Your home, if you were to put it on the market
now, is like George Clooney. It will have as little
trouble attracting buyer attention as Clooney has
getting a date. So why spend $12,000 on the
agents’ MLS when you can spend $700 with
ComFree to accomplish the same thing?
The supply of resale homes coming on the
market so far this year is low. A new listing is
guaranteed attention. Weak supply and strong
demand is a highly favourable formula if you’re
selling.
Whether you list with us or an agent, the
result will be the same. Both of us have the
same high sold success rate. Your home will sell
for the current market value either way. But if
you use an agent, your lawyer will be cutting
you a cheque for around $12,000 less than if
you were a ComFree client.
That’s the reality some people find hard to
grasp, probably because many agents are out
there telling them they (the agent) will net them
so much more for their home that they will
cover their commission. But it just ain’t so. It
flies in the face of basic, supply-and-demand
economics. No one will pay 6% over market
value for a home just because it’s listed with a
realtor. Would you?
Winnipeg-based ComFree has created a
strong, dynamic private-sale real estate market
right across Western Canada. Over our 12 years,
we have now saved 35,000 homeowners like you
more than $500 million in commissions. That’s
half a billion dollars that has stayed in the pocket
of people like you who used it to lower their
debt, buy furniture, a bigger home or take a trip.
In Edmonton, 3,500 ComFree homes sold last
year. In Winnipeg in 2007, 1,194 homes listed
with ComFree sold at an average price of
$194,000. By comparison, the average MLS
selling price was around $180,000. And 46% of
ComFree listings sold for more than the asking
price after receiving multiple offers. A sizeable
percentage of ComFree listings are still receiving
multiple offers this year.
So, pay thousands to an expensive dating service,
or $700 for exactly the services and support
your sale needs to find Mr. or Ms. Right.
It’s up to you. Do you want the $12,000 or
would you rather invest it in your friendly neighbourhood
realtor’s pension plan.
