Do you know there are a lot of housing benefits available to veterans? The benefits include:
Do you know there are a lot of housing benefits available to veterans? The benefits include:
The new homes often come with 1 year fit-and-finish warranty and 10 year structural warranty by the developer so you have one less thing to worry about.
Modern features such as high ceiling, open floor plan, fire sprinklers, data cable wiring, are more common in new homes. Making the them more suitable to modern lifestyle.
New homes are required to conform to the latest California Energy Code. You will find better insulation, energy efficient windows and doors, and eco-friendly material.
Because new homes are sold around the same time, your future neighbors are often in similar life stage as you and therefore form a better supportive community.
New homes are great but they come with their own drawbacks:
These situations are where having your own agent makes a huge difference.
We can negotiate more upgrades than you can yourself! If we can't negotiate more than $3000 worth of upgrades for you, we will credit you $3000 at closing. That's our guarantee! No other real estate agents are confident enough to make guarantees like this. We are and we can!
There is absolutely no additional cost to have the Cal Agents represent you when buying a new construction home. The seller will NOT lower your price even if you don't bring a real estate agent. There is nothing to lose but a lot to gain when having the Cal Agents represent you.
Developers and sales offices are notorious for taking advantages of home buyers (often first time home buyers) with high pressure tactics like wait lists and limited availability. The Cal Agents will protect your interest in every step of the way and keep the office in check.
No. Realtor commission is always paid by the seller/developer. Bringing us in to represent you will not cost you additional. More importantly, you won’t save money by NOT having us either. Why? Because you are a consumer in their office, it’s like defending your case without legal counsel in court – you are at disadvantage.
California Professional Codes regulate new homes sales as well as existing home sales. New home developers are required to disclose more information about the site rather than the history of specific home (because it doesn’t exist). If the home you are buying is yet to be built, builders normally have 1 year from the execution of the contract to build and deliver the home to you. 2-3 months before delivery of the home, you usually get to choose the finish material such as tiles, flooring, cabinet and countertop styles. Whereas in the case of existing home, what you see is what you get. Existing home sellers don’t modify their homes to fit a buyer’s taste.
It really depends which upgrades. Part of our value is to help new home buyers decipher which upgrades are worth the money, which ones are overpriced and what the cost of adding them after-market is.
No. You don’t, but it’s recommended. Because of economy of scale, the preferred lenders usually offer $1000 to $5000 credit towards the buyers closing cost, such as title insurance, escrow fees, loan processing fees etc. This offer is hardly matched by outside lenders.
The Cal Agents have a dedicated research team to gather the latest new homes on market. Start searching at the map below or check them out here.
The Cal Agents have a dedicated research team to gather the latest new home information in one place for you, so you can stop searching on other national portals cluttered with existing home listings.