Is your price negotiable? Real Estate Prcing Strategies

here was a very interesting blog by Larry Bergstrom.

He gave a thoughtful answer to a very familiar question.

I really liked the fact he brought up the agency concerns.

http://activerain.com/blogsview/1315653/-did-you-set-the-price-or-did-the-seller-

Are our Real Estate Agency Rules outdated?

Why are we supposed to avoid telling agents and or the public price is negotiable. (unless our sellers specifically say price is not negotiable)

Whether we are trying to stimulate a new offer or trying to negotiate an improved offer, we are working on behalf of the seller. How could trying to bring in an offer or bring a current offer higher not be to our sellers advantage. We are not signing deals for our sellers.

My thought is that unless we are also working with a specific buyer and a specific buying opportunity we should be at liberty to say, sure the current listing price may be high for some buyers, but our price is negotiable.

Since we already know most Realtors are always negotiating price why don't we insist that agency rules conform to real estate reality.

(I exclude a situation in which the listing Realtor is also represents the buyer. )

Carlsbad Real Estate