"Help me understand," said the young homeseller, "why does six percent of the sale of our house go to you and the buyer"s agent? After all, the buyer can find the house on the Internet. You two are simply doing the paperwork. I don"t want to be rude, but it seems to me that $12,000 to show our house a few times and complete some forms is a little steep."
California"s relentless march toward the $500,000 median priced home is leaving many households behind the eight ball to the tune of more than $60,000.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), recently set up a Web site to keep consumers, drywall manufacturers, builders and other apprised of its investigation into the latest problematic Chinese import, drywall used to build homes.