These respondants below apprently have no idea about Fremont. It is almost standard practice in Fremont and Cupertino to revert back part of the buying agen't commission to the buyer. Unlike the rest of the country, you are paying $1M+ for houses in these areas and the buying agent's commission on a $1M property is about $25K. There are plenty of agents to go around these days- and the Fremont market is really soft (don't believe all the hype about the market picking up- go look in Ziprealty the number of Fremont homes sitting on the market). Tell your agent either to negotiate hard to get the seller to pay for the closing (which means he/she is doing his/her 'job' as all these agents claim they are negotiating the best deal for you) or ask him/her to help pay for the closing cost (because they did not do their job very well). It's your money- so fight for it. - Fri May 23 2008, 10:48
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