Rain City Guide

Who Represents Whom?

ARDELL on 01 23, 2006

Which of the two agents on a sale represents the buyer and which one represents the seller?

To date everyone has been ragging on the seller’s agents for what they are not doing for the buyer. The agent who enters the info into the mls is, by definition, the fiduciary representative of the seller, not the buyer.

Just checking that you know that.

Licensees do not sell houses by law. By law they represent one of the parties, either the seller or the buyer (sometimes both).

When a listing is entered into the mls, there is no buyer yet. So the person entering the data is entering the info as the representative of the seller.

I keep hearing about what buyers want that agent to do, when it is only the seller that matters at that given point in time. Only the best interest of the seller client can be the motivation behind what to enter and what not to enter.

Does everyone understand that? Doesn’t seem so.

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An Associate Broker with Sound Realty. ARDELL was named one of the 25 most Influential Real Estate Bloggers in the U.S. for 2007 by Inman News, and has over 19 years exeperience in Real Estate up and down both Coasts. She represents buyers and sellers of real estate on both sides of the 520 Bridge from Kirkland, Bellevue and Redmond on the Eastside to Green Lake and surrounds on the Seattle side. You can reach her at 206-910-1000 or by hitting the email the author link above.