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A listing agreement is a contract in which you hire a real estate firm to find a ready, willing and able buyer for your home in exchange for a set fee.

Three types of listing agreements:

With an exclusive right-to-sell agreement, you pay fee regardless of who produces the buyer. This fee covers many important services that the sales professional performs above and beyond finding a qualified buyer.
In an exclusive-agency listing, if you find a buyer, he or she is not obligated to pay the fee. If the sales professional finds a buyer, then the fee is paid to the real estate company.
An open listing is one in which you sign with several real estate firms and give each authority to sell your home. It is typically less effective than exclusive listing because the sales professional lacks the incentive to make an all-out effort to sell your home.

Note: Your home could also be included in a multiple listing service (MLS) as part of an exclusive listing. MLS gives your home greater exposure in the marketplace.

Your Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate or GMAC Real Estate sales professional can help explain and navigate the many choices you now face in selling your home. With suggestions from your sales professional, you can better decide which type of listing agreement is right for your needs.

Buyers want to know details; having the answers is a powerful sales tool. Your Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate or GMAC Real Estate sales professional will use the information you provide to answer questions, create an advantageous listing and devise an exciting marketing campaign that attracts the right kind of buyer for your home.

Help your sales professional by collecting or providing the following information:

The legal description of the property
The number of rooms and their sizes
A list of things not attached to the house that you're offering for sale, such as window treatments, carpet, fixtures, swing sets, etc.
Past utility bills, property taxes and insurance
Information about your mortgage, including the type, terms and assumability
Financing assistance, potentially through your own lender
Any liens against the property
If you live in a condominium or a townhouse, include a copy of the association's declaration, bylaws, and financial statement, monthly fee's and special assessments
Special items or improvements about the house (Point out things that may not be apparent on a walk-through)
The positive points about your neighborhood, such as demographic information and proximity to services, shopping, schools and other areas
Any defects that aren't apparent (You should inform your sales associate about defects so a buyer can be informed)

When you're selling a home, it's vital to know where the potential buyers will come from. Statistics show that real estate professionals are the best single source for bringing buyers to a home. More often than yard signs, newspaper ads or any other type of advertising effort, it's real estate professionals who will let buyers know about your home. The same is true of buyers from out of town. Nationally, more than one-third of all buyers come from out of town, so it's vitally important for you to work with a real estate professional who can access all the out-of-town prospects. At Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate and GMAC Real Estate, we mobilize the real estate community to work for you.

Our Home Marketing System^TM comprehensive marketing approach is the key to bringing buyers to your home. We'll also implement the Home Marketing Upgrade System^TM to give your home maximum exposure and reach your home's target audience -- prospective buyers and the real estate community that controls those buyers.

In addition to mobilizing the real estate community and creating maximum exposure for your home, we will also work closely with prospective buyers. For instance, we know that a qualified buyer is better able to make an offer, purchase a home and complete the sale. Consequently, we'll only begin with those prospects that qualify -- the ones with the motivation, authority and financial resources to buy your home.

Though each agent has his or her own style, all Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate and GMAC Real Estate sales professionals possess one thing in common: extensive resources, family service expertise and support only Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate and GMAC Real Estate can bring to successfully marketing your home. Among those resources are our exclusive Home Marketing System and Home Marketing Upgrade System.

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