{"id":13350,"date":"2025-11-12T08:36:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/future.supercurious.au\/comfree\/?p=13350"},"modified":"2025-11-12T08:36:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:36:28","slug":"the-5-problem-why-builders-are-paying-too-much-to-sell-their-own-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/future.supercurious.au\/comfree\/the-5-problem-why-builders-are-paying-too-much-to-sell-their-own-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5% Problem: Why Builders Are Paying Too Much to Sell Their Own Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hidden Cost of \u201cBusiness as Usual\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re a home builder producing between 5 and 100 homes a year, you already know how competitive the market has become.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re juggling construction costs, sales targets, showhomes, and marketing budgets \u2014 yet at the end of each sale, you still write a cheque for a 5% commission<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be honest \u2014 that hurts.<\/p>\n

A $500,000 home means $25,000 gone<\/strong>. Sell ten homes? That\u2019s a quarter of a million dollars<\/strong> walking out the door.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s the part that stings even more:
Your internal team already did most of the work. They marketed the community, hosted the showhome tours, and nurtured the buyer.<\/p>\n

So why keep paying someone else for what your own team has already built?<\/p>\n

The Truth About Builder Sales<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Builders often believe that \u201cthis is just how it\u2019s done.\u201d
But the industry has changed \u2014 and so has the buyer journey.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s buyers don\u2019t wait for an agent to find them a new home.
They search online \u2014 usually on REALTOR.ca<\/strong>, which gets over 40 million visits per month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The data is clear:
If your homes aren\u2019t listed there, you\u2019re invisible to most serious buyers.<\/p>\n

Why ComFree Makes Sense<\/strong><\/h2>\n

ComFree\u2019s Builder Program<\/strong> was designed to fix exactly this problem.<\/p>\n

For $497 flat<\/strong>, you can:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • List your inventory on REALTOR.ca<\/li>\n
  • Reach 40 million monthly buyers<\/li>\n
  • Keep control of your leads and brand<\/li>\n
  • Avoid paying any commissions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    We don\u2019t take a cut of your sale.
    We don\u2019t compete with your team.
    We simply make sure buyers can actually find your homes.<\/p>\n

    The Math That Matters<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \n
    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Model<\/strong><\/th>\nHome Price<\/strong><\/th>\nCommission<\/strong><\/th>\nAnnual (10 Homes)<\/strong><\/th>\nYour Savings<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Traditional Realtor Model<\/strong><\/td>\n$500,000<\/td>\n5% = $25,000<\/td>\n$250,000 lost<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    ComFree Builder Model<\/strong><\/td>\n$500,000<\/td>\nFlat $497<\/td>\n$4,970 total<\/td>\n$245,030 saved<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    That\u2019s enough to fund new model-home photography, community signage, or even another build start \u2014 every single year.<\/p>\n

    Time to Rebuild the Way You Sell<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    The traditional commission model was built for a different era \u2014 when builders needed agents for reach and credibility.<\/p>\n

    Now you can have both reach and control<\/strong>, without giving up profit.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s time to stop treating 5% commissions as a \u201cnecessary evil.\u201d
    You\u2019ve already built the homes \u2014 now it\u2019s time to keep the returns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Hidden Cost of \u201cBusiness as Usual\u201d If you\u2019re a home builder producing between 5 and 100 homes a year, you already know how competitive the market has become. You\u2019re juggling construction costs, sales targets, showhomes, and marketing budgets \u2014 yet at the end of each sale, you still write a cheque for a 5% […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"The 5% Problem: How Builders Can Stop Overpaying to Sell Their Own Homes","_seopress_titles_desc":"Home builders are losing up to $250,000 a year in commissions they don\u2019t need to pay. Learn how ComFree\u2019s Builder Program helps you list on REALTOR.ca, reach millions of buyers, and keep every dollar you earn.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_eb_attr":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3892,3896,3893,396,3418,3890,3895,3757,3894,3891],"class_list":["post-13350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-builder-marketing","tag-builder-profitability","tag-comfree-builder-program","tag-commission-free-selling","tag-flat-fee-real-estate","tag-home-builders","tag-new-home-sales","tag-real-estate-commissions","tag-realtor-ca-listing","tag-sell-homes-without-an-agent"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/future.supercurious.au\/comfree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/future.supercurious.au\/comfree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/future.supercurious.au\/comfree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/future.supercurious.au\/comfree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/future.supercurious.au\/comfree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13350"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/future.supercurious.au\/comfree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13404,"href":"https:\/\/future.supercurious.au\/comfree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13350\/revisions\/13404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/future.supercurious.au\/comfree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/future.supercurious.au\/comfree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/future.supercurious.au\/comfree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}