Home Buyers Legal Services
Welcome to Home Buyers Legal Services (HBLS)
Your BETTER alternative to using a traditional real estate broker when buying a home!
Whether you’re buying an existing home, new construction, or a foreclosure, we specialize in helping home buyers navigate through the complex maze of contracts and legal forms needed to buy a home.
BUYERS MAY NO LONGER RELY ON FREE SERVICES FROM REAL ESTATE BROKERS!
Due to nationwide lawsuits against real estate companies and multiple listing services, the traditional way buyers use real estate brokers is changing. Until now, a potential home buyer could easily find a real estate broker to assist locating, showing and helping you make offers on homes. In the past the brokers assisting you would receive their compensation (commissions) from the seller’s broker (as indicated on the multiple listing service). In other words, buyers were getting “free” services from brokers with the sellers paying for the brokers.
The lawsuits presently sweeping across the country will prevent seller’s brokers from advertising or offering a part of their commissions to buyer’s brokers. Additionally, buyers will now have to enter into written agreements for their own brokers at their own expense. Although buyers may attempt to negotiate to recover their brokers’ costs, there is NO obligation for a seller to pay for the buyer’s agent. This will now become a potential additional cost that buyers did not have to incur in the past. HBLS continues to monitor the lawsuits and how they will affect buyers. If you would like to stay informed.
Whether you’re buying an existing home, new construction or a foreclosure, we specialize in helping home buyers navigate through the complex maze of contracts and legal forms needed to buy a home.
What Makes Us Different?
We are a real estate attorney based firm who are also licensed real estate brokers. Traditional real estate brokers cannot provide you with “legal advice” about the documents you are signing, or how to protect yourself if things go wrong with your home purchase transaction. WE CAN!
We Do Not Charge Commissions
Our fees are based on the important stuff you want or need our help with, like structuring, writing and helping you negotiate your offer to purchase your home, reviewing and advising you about escrow, inspections, mortgage loans, and the maze of other documents involved in your purchase transaction. Our goal is to protect your interests and save you substantial money by having you do some of the “leg work.”
We Never Engage In “Dual Representation”
Dual representation is when a broker represents both the seller and buyer of a piece of property. Although many brokers try to justify this practice, we believe that there is an inherent conflict of interest when this happens. It is almost impossible for any broker to loyally represent the competing interests of sellers (who are trying to get the highest price possible) and buyers (who are trying to pay the least amount possible) for the purchase and sale of their home. The simplest and most obvious reason that brokers engage in “dual representation” is to get more commissions.
When you hire HBLS, you get our “undivided” loyalty to protect your interests only! We NEVER represent both sides of the transaction.
Doesn’t it make sense to have an attorney represent you in what might be the largest financial transaction of your life?
For more information about how we work or how we can help you save money on your home purchase, click below to set up a free 30-minute consultation with an attorney who will answer all your questions.
