Santa Clarita Valley · Sellers Only
I list homes in the Santa Clarita Valley and I represent sellers only, never the buyer on your sale. No dual agency. Same at $700,000 or $1.4 million. I represent sellers only, so there is never a buyer on the other side of your deal that I also work for.
Get your real number →A VA loan lets you buy with little or nothing down. That is the benefit working exactly as intended. But it also means that for the first several years, most of what you have in the house is appreciation rather than a large down payment you contributed.
When you sell on a percentage commission, that percentage is taken from the full sale price, not from your share. So the smaller your equity position, the bigger a bite the same percentage takes out of what you actually walk away with.
Sellers only
One fixed listing fee. Not a percentage. It does not climb when your home is worth more, because the work does not change when your home is worth more. The buyer's agent fee is separate and is your own negotiable decision.
I never represent the buyer on a home I have listed. No dual agency, no divided loyalty, no situation where the person negotiating against you is paid by the same person you are paying.
It also means that if you are buying your next home, I am not your agent for that. I will introduce you to one of the team of agents I work with who represent buyers, people I would trust with my own purchase, and I will tell you plainly that it is a referral.
How much of your entitlement is restored, and when, depends on how the loan is paid off or assumed. That is a question for your lender or the VA directly, not for a real estate agent, and anyone in my role who tells you otherwise is guessing with your benefit.
Depending on your loan and its rate, assumability can be a genuine selling feature. It is worth asking your servicer about before you price the home, because it can change how you market it.
Large parts of this valley carry special assessments that vary enormously by tract. Know your amount and remaining term before a buyer's agent finds it for you.
I don't represent buyers. That's not modesty, it's the whole model — I can't negotiate hard for a seller while also owing a duty to the person across the table. So if you're buying, my job here is to get you to someone good and then get out of the way.
What I look for when I refer a veteran to a buyer's agent, and what you should look for if you find your own:
My license and my market knowledge are the Santa Clarita Valley. If you're selling in San Diego or Sacramento or out of state, I'm not the right agent and I'll say so. What I will do is find you one, and I'll vet them the same way I'd vet someone taking over my own listing.
Use the same form below. Tell me where the property is and I'll go find the person.
I will run your home against real closed sales in your tract and send back what I think it is worth, what I would fix first, what I would leave alone, and your estimated net at that price. No meeting required, no obligation, and no follow-up you did not ask for.
I'll put your numbers together personally and get back to you. If you'd rather just talk, call or text 661-400-1720.
VA loans in the Santa Clarita market: what the closing data shows. Median days on market and sale-to-list for VA, conventional, FHA and cash, computed from closed sales in the trailing year. Built to test the claim that VA offers are slower.