How is CityRealty different from other real estate sites?
Virtually all other websites have been designed in a way that often makes the buying process much more complicated than it ought to be. Specifically, most other sites are centered around individual property listings that lead the buyer to the 'listing agent' (this is the agent who is representing the seller). This complicates the process because if you want to see eight different apartments, on other websites you have to deal with eight different real estate agents. To make matters worse, in almost all instances, these eight agents are listing agents and as such they are concerned about the interest of the seller, not you, the buyer.
In contrast, CityRealty has been designed with needs of buyers in mind. Specifically, our site has been developed to a.) give you as much information as possible about the market; and b.) connect you with a buyer's agent who will represent you and not the seller and who will be able to show you all of the listings in the market that meet your needs.
Instead of having to contact eight different brokers if you want to see eight different apartments, you simply need to contact us once and we will then connect you with a buyer's agent who specializes in the type of apartment you are looking for. That buyer's agent will then do all of the work associated with scheduling appointments for the eight (or more) apartments that might be of interest to you. Most importantly, the buyer's agent will be looking out for your interests in the transaction and there is absolutely no additional cost to you (as the buyer) in using a buyer's agent.
In summary, most other real estate sites (and classified advertising in general) complicate the process for buyers as they require buyers to contact many different listing agents in order to see multiple apartments. Considering that the best way to buy an apartment is to use a single buyer's agent who is representing you, the fact that most other real estate sites require buyers to contact multiple listing agents simply makes the process more difficult for buyers.
Always remember that classified ads were designed to make newspapers money, not to help buyers find the perfect apartment. In fact, the newspapers make more money by making it more difficult and complicated for you to find the perfect apartment. Because by doing so, it requires the broker or owner to advertise the apartment for a longer period of time in the newspaper, thereby making the newspaper more money.
