Felix Lopez, Broker Associate with Harcourts Prime Properties, is highlighting a real estate approach centered on client interests, neighborhood level marketing, and long term relationships after a Norwalk transaction in which he declined an opportunity to represent both sides of a sale.
The transaction involved a seller who already knew a potential buyer. The buyer submitted an offer through Lopez, creating an opportunity for Lopez to represent both the buyer and seller in the same transaction. Lopez advised the seller that the offer did not reflect what he believed the property could achieve and recommended waiting before accepting it.
The seller ultimately sold the property to another buyer for a higher amount. A testimonial published by Harcourts describes the transaction and states that the eventual sale was $80,000 higher than the amount the seller had initially planned to accept from the prospective buyer. The testimonial specifically credits Lopez with recommending that the seller pursue a higher price rather than proceed with a transaction that would have allowed him to represent both sides…