Is The Traditional Real Estate Model Under Pressure?

Is The Traditional Real Estate Model Under Pressure?

Asked to comment on changes affecting the traditional real estate model, Stephen Carpenter-Israel, President and Broker of Buyer's Edge, said that the increased use of house hunting websites, as well as a recent California Supreme Court ruling on the practice known as "dual agency", are shaking the industry to its core.

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Seller’s Edge™ Top Ten Tips: Selecting the Real Estate Listing Agent

Seller’s Edge™ Top Ten Tips: Selecting the Real Estate Listing Agent

Choosing the best Realtor to market and negotiate the sale of your home or condo is one of the most important decisions when you are ready to sell your home in Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland. Selling a home should be like any other important business transaction, but unfortunately many Sellers make impulsive and emotional decisions that inevitably cost them loads of frustration, time and tons of money.

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Why Planting Trees in Gardens Helps the Environment

Why Planting Trees in Gardens Helps the Environment

Planting trees in your new yard really is one of the best things you can do for the local environment and for the planet. It’s no secret that trees help the environment. Trees produce oxygen and removing carbon dioxide and contaminants from the air.

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Feng Shui Your Home with Jayme Barrett

Feng Shui Your Home with Jayme Barrett

Buyer's Edge Real Estate, Exclusive Buyer's Agents, are pleased to have Jayme Barrett come from Los Angeles, CA to share her Feng Shui expertise with you. Jayme is an authority on Life Enhancement and Feng Shui. 

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Home Buyers Beware! Is Your Buyer's Agent a Dinosaur? Top 10 Signs!

Home Buyers Beware! Is Your Buyer's Agent a Dinosaur? Top 10 Signs!

Home Buyers Beware! Is Your Buyer's Agent a Dinosaur? Top 10 Signs! Buyer's Edge is an exclusive buyer brokerage company in the Washington DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia that represents home buyers 100% of the time. Your dream home found!

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Exciting First-Time Homebuyers Pilot Program - Takoma Park, MD

Exciting First-Time Homebuyers Pilot Program - Takoma Park, MD

"There are First-Time Homebuyers out there who have always wanted to live in Takoma, Park MD, but can't come up with the down payment needed to buy their first home." explains Stephen Mercer, Exclusive Buyer's Agent with Buyer's Edge an Exclusive Buyer's Brokerage Real Estate Company in the Washington, DC Metro Area. As a Takoma Park resident, Stephen shares with homebuyers, "Luckily, there's a pilot program being offered in Takoma Park, Maryland that might help out First-Time Homebuyers, but they have to hurry. There're just 5 grants being offered." 

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The Trump Effect -Washington, DC Luxury Homes Prices Skyrocket

The Trump Effect -Washington, DC Luxury Homes Prices Skyrocket

THE TRUMP EFFECT! - Prices of Luxury Homes for sale in Washington, DC  SKYROCKET. List prices are up 31% in some of Washington's Finest neighborhoods. Choose to hire an Exclusive Buyer's Agent VA, DC, MD. BUYER'S EDGE.

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Stephen Carpenter-Israel | Best DC Realtors: Washingtonian’s Top Real Estate Agents

Stephen Carpenter-Israel | Best DC Realtors: Washingtonian’s Top Real Estate Agents

Congratulations! Top-Rated Realtor, Stephen Carpenter-Israel with Buyer's Edge, makes Washingtonian Magazine's definitive list of top Washington's real estate agents as rated by the Washington, DC community. Want to see who else made the cut?

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What's Important to Buyer's Edge Buyer Brokerage Clients When Selecting an Agent?

What's Important to Buyer's Edge Buyer Brokerage Clients When Selecting an Agent?

In an effort to continue to provide leading Exclusive Buyer Brokerage Services, Buyer's Edge conducted a survey of our clients. Though our objective was to find out what we were doing right and how we could better serve our clients, it also provided our team with insight into what qualities matter most to homebuyers when picking an agent.

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#1 Best Kept Secret for Selling Your Home Fast

 #1 Best Kept Secret for Selling Your Home Fast

Every day houses for sale in the Washington, DC metro area and Baltimore, MD region are imputed into MLS online. Preparing a home for sale in VA, DC, MD can be a momentous task both for sellers and listing agents, especially if they want to make it picture perfect. After all, home sellers and their listing agent’s objective is to get the highest price at the best possible terms for the property. As the listing agent and listing broker, they have a contractual fiduciary relationship with their seller/clients.

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