Or buyers who are looking to negotiate the price down as low as they can get it! People who turn up just to have a look, with no real intention of buying. When you try and sell a home using a MLS, you get plenty of ‘chancers’. So, why is that so important? Selling to Buyers No longer will sellers have to pay listing fees to greedy estate agents. Pocket listings (or exclusive listings) allow for people to sell to a specific group of buyers. This system means you get listed on loads of different directories but this doesn’t necessarily mean you will sell your property any quicker. Pocket listings mean taking yourself off what Americans refer to as the Multi-listing-system (MLS), like Rightmove / Zoopla / On The Market in the UK.

In the UK housing market, many home owners and investors can find themselves casting envious glances over to the United States, Why? Because people over there have adapted the real estate market to deliver a new form of home selling pocket listings. Guest Blog Written by Danny Stevens of Pocket Deed – Danny on Twitter Why are Pocket Listings so Popular in the United States? As NC Real Estate likes to be completely ahead of the game I have looked across the pond and asked the question is there really a better way of buying and selling property?

Pocket Deed is a new property listing service which is taking the US by storm.

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