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The Effect of Different Brokerage Modes on Closing Costs and House Prices

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Roy T. Black (Department of Finance Georgia State University PO Box 4020 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4020)
Hugh O. Nourse (Department of Insurance, Legal Studies, Real Estate and Management Science Terry College of Business The University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602)
Abstract

This study examines the effect of two different modes of real estate broker behavior on both the cash charges paid at closing and the price of houses. The mode of brokers representing only sellers is contrasted with one in which brokers represent buyers. Popular literature and formal studies are reviewed to illustrate the problems inherent in real estate brokers' representation of buyers and sellers. The role of the real estate broker is examined as a provider of information as well as that of a market maker. Two hypotheses are tested: there is no difference to the buyer in shifting cash charges at closing, and there is no difference in house prices attributable to the representational form of real estate brokerage. The study utilizes data on eighty single-family residential sales between January 1989 and August 1990 in north suburban Atlanta, Georgia to test these hypotheses.

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Volume (Year): 10 (1995)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 87-98
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  1. Donald R. Levi & Curtis D. Terflinger, 1988. "A Legal-Economic Analysis of Changing Liability Rules Affecting Real Estate Brokers and Appraisers," Journal of Real Estate Research, American Real Estate Society, vol. 3(2), pages 133-149. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Gene A. Marsh & Leonard V. Zumpano, 1988. "Agency Theory and the Changing Role of the Real Estate Broker: Conflicts and Possible Solutions," Journal of Real Estate Research, American Real Estate Society, vol. 3(2), pages 151-164. [Downloadable!]
  5. Thomas Potter & Theron R. Nelson & Susan Logan Nelson, 1991. "Product Liability Issues in Real Estate Brokerage," Journal of Real Estate Research, American Real Estate Society, vol. 6(1), pages 87-98. [Downloadable!]
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  1. John D. Benjamin & G. Donald Jud & G. Stacy Sirmans, 2000. "What Do We Know About Real Estate Brokerage?," Journal of Real Estate Research, American Real Estate Society, vol. 20(1), pages 5-30. [Downloadable!]
  2. Joy T. Black & Julian Diaz, III & Marvin L. Wolverton, 1997. "Examination of the Effect of Buyer Agency on the Distribution of Closing Costs," Journal of Real Estate Research, American Real Estate Society, vol. 14(1), pages 43-54. [Downloadable!]
  3. J’Noel Gardiner & Jeffrey Heisler & Jarl Kallberg & Crocker Liu, 2007. "The Impact of Dual Agency," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 35(1), pages 39-55, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. John D. Benjamin & G. Donald Jud & G. Stacy Sirmans, 2000. "Real Estate Brokerage and the Hosting Market: An Annotated Bibliography," Journal of Real Estate Research, American Real Estate Society, vol. 20(1), pages 217-278. [Downloadable!]
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