Sellers make $79K more with agents

New research shows home sellers who used a real estate agent made $79,000 more from their home sales compared to sellers who didn’t. That’s according to a survey by Clever Real Estate, based on the replies of 654 Americans who sold a home this year or last year. 36% of the respondents chose to sell their home without an agent. Here are some of the other key findings from the report:

• 54% of agent-less sellers wish they had used an agent.

• Agent-less sellers are also 64% more likely to say they did not sell for their desired profit and 2x more likely to be unhappy about the method they used to sell their home 

• 49% of FSBO (For Sale By Owner) sellers wish they had priced their home differently, while 73% of represented sellers think their agent priced their home correctly.

• 87% of agent-less sellers would be willing to switch to an agent at some point, with 51% saying they'd hire an agent within two months of not receiving any reasonable offers.