BUYING WITH THE WHITTALL TEAM - Whittall Real Estate team

10 great reasons to use Whittall Real Estate as your buyer’s agent.

1. Using a buyer’s agent is FREE to the buyer. In residential real estate, the commission is paid by the seller whether or not a buyer’s agent is involved. Meaning you employ the services and receive the benefits of a trained and experienced professional on your side for free!

2. Using a buyer’s agent gives you more negotiating power. A buyer’s agent helps you hold all the cards when negotiating with the seller.

3. It gives you full access to the MLS. As a member of the multiple listing service (MLS), Team Whittall has full access to the searchable database of MLS listings. We can ask you the right questions to determine what you are looking for and what areas you are most interested in. Once we know your price range and what you are looking for, we will use the full power of the MLS to help you find it. We can provide printouts, email reports, and do custom searches to find available homes that meet your criteria. We can also setup auto emails to notify you automatically if a listing comes on the market that meets your criteria. Sometimes we can even tell you about new listings before they come on the market.

4. Whittall Real Estate will save you valuable time. Why do something yourself when you can have a professional buyer’s agent do it for you? A Buyer’s agent spends a lot of time previewing homes and staying familiar with the current listing inventories. This knowledge — as well as useful technologies such as virtual tours, interactive maps, Internet websites, and use of the MLS system — will save you from wasting valuable time previewing homes that don’t meet your needs. Whittall Real Estate will also perform a lot of the services that you otherwise might have to do yourself such as writing up offers, delivering earnest money, contracts, etc. to the title companies and lenders.

5. It makes life easier and reduces stress. When you have a buyer’s agent, you don’t have to worry about driving neighbourhoods for hours or worrying that you’re missing the house that would be perfect for you. You can spend your time doing the things you enjoy while the search is being handled by someone else who is a professional. We’ve helped hundreds of people with their real estate needs, and our experience will help keep you from any unpleasant surprises throughout the entire buying process. When you use Whittall Real Estate, you’ll actually be surprised at how much we do for you behind the scenes. You don’t have to worry about the deadlines and “what ifs” because we do it for you.

6. Whittall Real Estate takes care of all the paperwork. From writing up the offer, to reviewing seller disclosures, to filling out escrow instructions, to reviewing the title work and closing documents. . . it’s nice to have a trained professional by your side to handle the paperwork and to help answer any questions you might have. Being that we’ve done this more than once, we’ll help you cross your T’s and dot your i’s and follow up with all the parties involved to make sure everyone meets their deadlines.

7. A buyer’s agent is a great resource of knowledge and information. Not only are we very familiar with the history and demographics of the area, but we know a lot about real estate. We will educate you about market conditions, and answer any questions you have about the home buying process, including Strata Docs, Residential Tenancy, redevelopment and the contract itself. Our goal is give you the best and most accurate information to help you make the best possible informed decisions.

8. You benefit from a network of professionals. Over time, we’ve developed good working relationships with several home inspectors, mortgage lenders, and other professional tax and legal advisors. We know from experience which ones have delivered on time consistently and which ones have fallen short of the bar. We’ll help you find the right professionals to help ensure a successful buying process without any regrets.

9. Whittall Real Estate looks out for your best interest at all times. We have a legal and ethical responsibility to represent your best interest at all times. Some of the duties that your agent has to include: loyalty to you, promoting your best interests, disclosing known material facts, maintaining confidential information, and accounting for any money they handle in the transaction. If your agent knows something about the seller that might influence your decision to buy or not or to alter your offering price, We have a duty to disclose that to you, it’s our Fiduciary duty. In short, it’s nice to know that someone has your back when you’re in the trenches of buying real estate.

10. It’s nice to have a friend in the business. One of the things we enjoy most about working with Buyers & Sellers are the friendships and relationships that are formed. Our goal is to provide you with outstanding professional services and make sure you feel the same way once the transaction is completed. Your friendship and trust mean more to us than any compensation we get from selling real estate. We hope that if you ever need help buying or selling real estate in the future, or if you know anyone that needs help buying or selling real estate, that you’ll give us a call!

Kim and Sean Whittall are amazing realtors to work with! They helped us sell our place and buy our forever home. They worked so well as a team together and we felt well taken care of throughout the whole buying/selling process. They were very professional and actually listened and addressed any concerns we had. We never felt pressured or rushed which made the whole experience exciting instead of stressful. Thank you, Kim and Sean! We will always be grateful for all your help in selling our old place and finding us our new home

Jane Borromeo

Kim and Sean from Whittall Real Estate were my agents of choice selling my downtown condo, after I experienced their great skill and work ethic buying my new home a few weeks earlier. They priced the property perfectly for the market conditions, produced and printed high quality brochures as well as other effective marketing tools. They were tireless in private showings and open houses every weekend. The condo sold in only 18 days at a more then satisfactory price. I can highly recommend Kim and Sean to be trusted to sell your property!

Torsten Eder, Co-Owner/President at Northern Tales Travel Services Inc

Kim and Sean Whittall are friendly, professional and very hardworking, award-winning realtors that do it all – buying, selling or renting. I highly recommend them.

Sara Gardner

I have known Kim for the past 15 years. Always a professional and and easy to communicate with. I’ve continuously been able to rely on Kim and her impressive product knowledge when I needed it. She always comes through and understood my needs. Working with her as always been a great experience for that reason I have succeeded a great deal in my own business with her level of focus and commitment

I have been a Hospitality Management Consultant for over thirty years and during that time have had business dealings with Sean Whittall for twenty years. My relations with Sean have always been as a client and I can say without hesitation he was one of the best sales to service associates I have ever met.

Marcel Pheiffer, Owner & Proprietor Design by Desire Catering

As managing broker of RE/MAX Masters we are thrilled to welcome Kim and Sean Whittall to our top selling office! We always look for the best of the best so Kim and Sean are a great fit…Long-term North Shore residents with successful careers in sales. A great combo! We look forward to working with them for years to come.

Denise Salmom, Managing Broker RE/MAX Masters

Having known Sean for over 25 years he has gone above and beyond the call of duty with is customer service. He has represented through four restaurants and pubs through good times and bad always there to help us. He has become family. I’m so excited for his new venture and know that he will succeed without a doubt!

Christine Mack, MGM Management

Amazing team to work with! The Whittalls helped us find our dream home, and gave us all the support and information we needed to close the deal worry free…

Luciana Tessaroto

A very appealing business associates for anyone looking for help buying or selling their property..

I’ve known Kim for over 30 years and Sean for close to 10; they are two of the most engaging, charming and charismatic people I know and if I lived closer (I’m in Toronto) I would certainly give them my business and do as much business with them as possible. Their attention to detail, energy for life and connection with people and their needs and interests make them very appealing business associates for anyone looking for help buying or selling their property.

Kristin Cochrane, President & Publisher Penguin Random House Canada

I recommend Kim and Sean Whittall without reservation. They have assisted us with four transactions – the purchase of a recreational property, the sale of a condo, the purchase of a house and the pending sale of our current house. They have consistently shown dedication, hard work, creativity and professionalism. Their knowledge of the market, pricing, strategy, negotiation and advice has been first-rate.

They walked us through a complicated purchase involving multiple lots, shared ownership and a foreshore lease; they sold a condo for top-dollar in under a week with a perfect marketing campaign; they brought together a purchase for us with competing offers circling around; and are now generating inquiries and showings in a slower COVID-19 market through sustained effort and an evolving marketing strategy. Thanks Whittall’s

Andrew Borrell

I would highly recommend the Whittall team in selling or buying your next home. Their professionalism was amazing and their attention to detail unparalleled . Friendly demeanor and listening skills are superb. The combination of all of their assets in my opinion is what helped sell our home in less than two weeks. We couldn’t be happier with the results or with the choice of realtors .

Fred & Laurel Dibartolomeo