Monday, February 10, 2020 / by Vanessa Saunders
Can iBuyers overcome these five problems?
By Vanessa Saunders, MBA, MIMC , Broker Owner, Global Property Systems.
We wrote last week about how iBuyers like OpenDoor, Zillow Offers, Offerpad and Knock are threatening the existence of buyer agents. Judging from the response, it rattled a few cages. Realtors are slowly waking up to the presence of iBuyers as the concept spreads out across the country. But iBuyers are facing a few problems of their own which should be noted.
An iByer is a company or investor which uses Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) to make instant offers on homes. It allows sellers to close on a property quickly. Once sold, the company then turns around and resells the home, hopefully at a profit.
Their model simplifies the buying and selling of homes to a retail formula. Instead of Realtors acting as go-betweens, matchmakers for buyers and sellers who skim a little off the top, iBuyers are becoming home retailers - buying wholesale and selling (hopefully) at a profit. A six to 12 percent fee cushions t ...
We wrote last week about how iBuyers like OpenDoor, Zillow Offers, Offerpad and Knock are threatening the existence of buyer agents. Judging from the response, it rattled a few cages. Realtors are slowly waking up to the presence of iBuyers as the concept spreads out across the country. But iBuyers are facing a few problems of their own which should be noted.
An iByer is a company or investor which uses Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) to make instant offers on homes. It allows sellers to close on a property quickly. Once sold, the company then turns around and resells the home, hopefully at a profit.
Their model simplifies the buying and selling of homes to a retail formula. Instead of Realtors acting as go-betweens, matchmakers for buyers and sellers who skim a little off the top, iBuyers are becoming home retailers - buying wholesale and selling (hopefully) at a profit. A six to 12 percent fee cushions t ...
