What is REBAA and why is BuyEast a member?

The job description of a real estate agent tends to be common knowledge these days, however it seems that the role of a buyers’ agent is still quite a foreign concept to those outside of the real estate world. To bring you to speed, a buyer’s agent is a licensed professional who specialises in searching, negotiating, and purchasing the property on a buyers’ behalf.

You have been looking for the right home for a while, bumping into the same real estate agents at different properties and finally the suggestion has been made to engage a buyers’ agent. Buying property is usually the biggest purchase one tends to make, therefore selecting the right team to help you find that property is extremely important.

The best place to start your search for a buyers’ agent is on the REBAA website. REBAA, yet another foreign term and it stands for the Real Estate Buyers Association of Australia, an organisation established to create and enforce guidelines for the professional conduct of buyers’ agents nationally. By choosing a REBAA member, you as a buyer, can be confident that you will only be dealing with an experienced and professional agent.

Experience and professionalism in the context of a buyers’ agent is working with an individual that you trust to make the right decision on your behalf. When choosing this exclusive individual who will be dedicating their time to learn and understand your brief, you want someone independent and impartial acting in your best interest. A REBAA member will not only focus on sourcing properties that tick the boxes, but they will ensure to present options that fit within your budget and not provide false hope on unachievable properties.

They say you get what you pay for, so once you’ve made the decision to engage a in a buyers’ agent, take the extra step to ensure they are a REBAA member and specialise in the areas that you want to live in!