London, Ontario
London Buyers Agent
London Buyers Agent is a London, Ontario guide for buyers who need representation settled before they tour, because the listing agent represents the seller once retained. Without a written agreement, you tour as a self-represented party.
No cost to send. No obligation. A person replies by email or phone.
- Before you tour Settle status first
- Written agreement Or you are not a client
- The offer More than the price
- London, ON City of London
How a buyer file moves
The tour does not come first.
Status
You are choosing a status, not a mood. A client has a written representation agreement. A self-represented party is not a client. Only the client has a person whose job is to advise the buyer.
Written representation
A text, a friendly introduction, or a lockbox code is not the agreement. Designated representation names one person. Brokerage representation names the firm. The brokerage remains responsible for supervision either way. If the form does not say which one, you do not yet know who owes you a duty.
Tour against a brief
Write the questions before you go: what a closing day does to the rest of your month, which conditions you need, and whether the street fits a week of errands. A listing agent can open a door and answer factual questions. An opinion on price or fit is advice, and that advice does not come from the seller's agent.
Offer terms
Price, deposit, closing day, inclusions, and conditions such as inspection and financing. The figure is not the offer. A seller reads the whole document.
Byron, Masonville, and Pond Mills each have a page. Those pages use City and library sources, and they do not rank the places.
Three guides
Before you tour
Written representation, and what stays true if you remain a self-represented party.
The offer
Price, deposit, closing day, inclusions, and conditions such as inspection and financing.
Neighbourhoods
Byron, Masonville, and Pond Mills from City and library sources. Not a ranking.
Photos: Kate Macate on Unsplash (a blank page and a kraft envelope). InvisPerson5009, CC BY 4.0, file page, resized (Fanshawe Park Road at Richmond Street, looking east).
Questions to settle first
Why settle representation before you tour?
The listing agent represents the seller once retained, so a buyer who wants advice needs a written agreement before the showing. Without that agreement, you tour as a self-represented party.
What is a self-represented party?
A self-represented party is a buyer with no written representation agreement. You can still buy, and you do not get advice, opinion, or advocacy from the seller's agent.
What is the difference between designated representation and brokerage representation?
Designated representation names one person, and brokerage representation names the firm. The brokerage remains responsible for supervision either way.
What belongs in an offer besides the price?
Besides the price, the offer has to settle the deposit, the closing day, inclusions, and conditions such as inspection and financing.