Home Sellers Who Pay to Sell

A reader called me last week to ask if it's becoming more common for a seller to pay to sell, because his agent told him he would have to bring money to the table to close. He asked, "Is it true?"

I couldn't really speak to his situation because he is represented by a Realtor, and Realtors are forbidden by the Realtor Code of Ethics from interfering with another Realtor's transaction. But I could say that I've represented sellers who were forced to deposit funds to close; so yes, it does happen. I've closed several such transactions recently, and they did not create warm, fuzzy moments for the cash-strapped sellers, but it's a fact of today's marketplace.

Sometimes it's the seller's fault, and sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's the mere fact that prices have been falling; but bringing money to the table and paying to sell often occur under these following circumstances . . . read more

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