Why Hire a Buyer's Agent for New Construction in Idaho?
The agent at the builder's model home works for the builder. Here's what a buyer's agent actually does in new construction — and why the answer matters before you visit your first model home.
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What Builder Incentives Should You Accept in the Treasure Valley — and Which Are Traps?
An incentive is anything the builder gives you to move the deal forward without cutting the home's listed price — a closing-cost credit, a rate buydown, free or discounted upgrades, a waived lot premium. Builders lean on incentives instead of price cuts for a specific reason: the recorded sale price becomes a comparable (a "comp") that the appraiser and the next buyer will see. A builder in a Meridian or Kuna community would rather hand you $15,000 in credits than drop the price $15,000, because the lower price would drag down every home they still have to sell in that subdivision.
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