Synergy builds as Quill Realty partners with Rebls and Surefield to provide consumers with technology-based, cost-saving alternatives when buying or selling a home.
SEATTLE, Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Quill Realty is partnering with Rebls and Surefield, real estate startups in Seattle dedicated to leveraging the internet to lower the costs and improve the efficiency of real estate broker services. Together, these firms are leading the charge towards a consumer-driven, internet-based real estate process that provides more value to homebuyers and sellers.
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Surefield dramatically lowers commissions for homeowners by leveraging 3D home tours. Surefield has developed a proprietary, virtual 3D home tour system using computer-vision technology that gives buyers amazingly realistic tours of its listings. This technology enables a new level of commission savings with no trade-offs. Now a seller doesn't have to automatically pay a 3% buyer's agent commission to get buyers into the home because Surefield is using 3D home-tour technology to get them into the home online.
Surefield sells homes for a total commission of 1.5%, which includes $2,000 for a buyer's agent or real estate attorney to negotiate and complete paperwork for the buyer. As a Surefield Buyer Broker Partner, Quill represents buyers of Surefield homes for the offered commission, ensuring a smooth transaction.
Rebls takes a different approach. Homeowners create free profiles on the Rebls site to see who is shopping for houses like theirs. A profile allows each owner to gauge market interest in their home without committing to a listing contract.
Buyers use Rebls too. With home inventory near historic lows, it can be hard finding the right house. By using Rebls, buyers can see pre-market homes where a seller may be interested in selling under the right conditions. So buyers get access to more inventory, while sellers are able to dip their toe into the market with minimal effort or commitment. As a Rebls Professional Partner, Quill helps Rebls buyers and sellers with their transactions.
Quill complements these exciting models. Together they generate synergy focused on a better real estate process. Craig Blackmon, a real estate attorney, founded Quill in 2013. From the beginning, he's been committed to a brokerage that puts consumers first. Because it captures the efficiencies offered by the internet, Quill charges a lower fee. Quill has no qualms with accepting a lower commission.
Moreover, Quill recognizes that real estate agents provide two types of services: broker, like access to homes; and legal, like drafting and negotiating contracts. Quill's fee includes an attorney to oversee and when necessary provide the legal services. So Quill can easily adjust its focus to simply providing the legal services needed by buyers and sellers. Consumers will no longer have to pay for broker services that they don't need.
These firms recognize the power of the internet to fundamentally improve the home buying and selling process. Exciting change is underway in Seattle real estate.
Contact:
Craig Blackmon, Managing Broker
Quill Realty
Email
(206) 512-8883