How to Get a Home Buyer’s Discount

(New York Times) — With the home buyer’s tax credit now expired, here’s one way to still get an equivalent discount of sorts: ask your real estate agent to take it out of his or her commission.  That’s what Colm Glass, founder of Glass Real Estate in San Francisco, is offering clients. At a recent open house, Mr. Glass handed out cards advertising the $5,000 commission rebate he is offering for homes sold for less than $1 million and higher discounts (often around $8,000 to $10,000) for homes priced higher. “Home buyer tax credit gone,” the card declares. “We’re giving you another chance.”

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