Eagle Equity Services

Eagle Equity Services has been offering traditional and flat fee real estate services in Oregon since 2002. In addition, to our award winning real estate services, we offer a full service mortgage lending at discounted prices. Our principal broker, Kent Vander Kamp, has become one of the top listing brokers in three of the largest cities in Oregon;... all while saving the home seller thousands of dollars. Listing with a traditional real estate firm, you usually agree to pay a listing commission (say for example 6%) which is due at settlement and deducted from the proceeds of your sale. Half of that fee is the "listing portion" of the commission (3% in this example) and this amount goes directly to the firm that lists your home in the MLS. The other half, the "selling portion" or "buyer agent's fee" of 3% goes to the real estate agent who procures a buyer for your home. If the listing agent sells your home without a buyer agent's involvement, their company gets the entire 6%. Instead of paying the "listing portion" of the commission (3% of the gross sales price of your home) you pay a flat rate listing fee. With savings like these, it's easy to see why flat rate fee MLS listing have become more popular. With the USA median average sales prices approaching $300,000, many sellers are simply unwilling to pay a real estate agent a commission of $18,000 to sell their home. Because while 6% of the sales price of your home may not seem like a large percentage, it usually translates into a much larger percentage of your home's equity. Equity is the amount of cash you get to keep after the expenses of the sale have been paid. It's the bottom line.Read More