When it comes time for you to buy a home in the Santa Clarita Valley, you will either choose to buy a resale home, or a new construction home, from one of the builders. Currently, Lennar and Pardee are building homes in the Santa Clarita Valley. They have various new home communities. Some of the Santa Clarita new homes can be found here.
If you choose to buy a new home, you should bring a Realtor along, so they can represent you in the purchase of that home, throughout the escrow. It's up to the builder to cooperate with Realtors/Brokers. Currently the main builders in Santa Clarita do cooperate with Realtors. That's because a large percentage of their sales are a direct result of Realtors' clients coming in and buying their homes. So it makes sense for them to do so. You don't pay a dime, for a Realtor to represent you in the purchase of a new home. It's free and you get all of the benefits. Afterall…doesn't it sound smart to have a third party, simply someone other than the seller, to be looking out for your best interest, and have a fiduciary obligation to you? Sure it does.
We think the people who work for the new home builders, in our experience are very hard working, and honest people. And to tell you to hire us, or any Realtor to represent you in a brand new home purchase, of course sounds self-serving. Common sense will tell you however that it's only obvious that when buying brand new homes, the builder (aka seller), has someone working on their team – the SALES STAFF. Don't you want someone to work on, YOUR TEAM?
Watch our SCVRealEstate360 Show episode here, and listen in as Brian discusses the issue…enjoy!
Top 10 Reasons You Need A Realtor When Buying Santa Clarita New Construction Homes:
1) Do you prefer that the person/company selling you a home be the sole entity looking out for your best interest and financial investment? NO WAY.
2) Would you like to have an impartial 3rd party who is knowledgeable about the pro's and con's of the community and surrounding area, give you their professional opinion prior to committing a deposit? YES.
3) Wouldn't you prefer to have a professional Realtor so they can assist in the handling of any and all paperwork the builder needs signed prior to closing, for instance during those busy times when you or your significant other can't get to the community due to work, family , and other pressing issues? YES.
4) Do you feel comfortable reviewing by yourself closing costs statements and estimates that your lender and escrow are going to be providing you? PROBABLY NOT.
5) Don't you think it would be nice to have someone who sells homes EVERY month, to be there for you to catch any mistakes the builder may make during the escrow process? OF COURSE.
6) Do you feel that you will remember all of your rights granted in the sales contract and be sure that any and all disclosures will be fully understood? NOT LIKELY.
7) The new home community you buy from is likely staffed with about 2 or so employees in the sales office to handle day to day sales & problems with people who are currently buying, and for those who have just closed – moved in – and found problems with the home physically. Don't you think they may be a little burdened already to really focus a 100% of their efforts on just you? MORE THAN LIKELY.
8 ) Don't you think that it would be nice to establish a relationship with a local Realtor who is knowledgeable about the community and the business itself, so that when you are eventually ready to sell or buy another home, you have a connection in the business who wants to make you successful? YES.
9) During the building process, wouldn't it be nice to have your Realtor press the new community to take action on any outstanding issues, give you frequent updates on progress, and let you know what expect in the coming days, weeks, and months? YES.
10) Can you come up with a good reason why you don't need professional representation when buying your new home, and for some of you, your first home? PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU CAN!
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