12 Things Real Estate Agents Would Hate You to Know

10) You Could Have Gotten a Better Price

When you close the deal on your house, your agent is always going to tell you that you did well. While this may be true, there’s almost always a better price you could have gotten if your agent held out longer. The book Freakonomics found that agents often get higher prices when they sell their own homes, and they take longer to sell their house. Because of that, the author of Freakonomics concluded that agents will hold out for more money when it’s their own home, but they won’t encourage their clients to do the same. Not all agents agree with him—many say that they will encourage their clients to hold out. Before you take your house off the market, ask your agent if you think you can get more for it. If they admit that you might be able to, keep your house on the market longer.