Comment Re:Great. (Score 1) 337
I guess it depends on what the negotiated price would have been in the absence of the agents. As a buyer I would not pay for the service, so I will not consider that part of the value I am basing my offer on. Only in the absence of alternatives (and this is where anti-competitive practices really get you) would I be 'forced' to pay for the agent services I do not value, else to keep the price of the home competitive/reasonable, the seller will have to pay out of their gross. Of course it also depends on how hot the market is - having multiple offers for every property is very different than having a house sit on the market for months or being forced to sell due to financial problems, etc.