Negotiation strategy with the agent and the seller

So the currently involved forum users do not see that I can use the situation to reduce the broker fee to 3000 euros?

Yes, that is an interesting piece of information that could be decisive in the whole discussion, because I think that real estate in Lower Saxony does not sell so well....

You negotiated the broker down really well, so try your luck: offer the seller the 376 and see if he bites

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Lower Saxony, not Saxony

from 18k to 3k? The broker would be selling his own reputation there. Your argument about ending up empty-handed is also more from your perspective. Imagine if word got around that you can negotiate the broker down by over 80%.

from 18k to 3k? The broker would be selling his own reputation. Your argument about coming away empty-handed is also more from your perspective. Imagine if it got around that you can negotiate the broker down by over 80%.

So you mean he would rather come away empty-handed than earn 3-4k from it. I lose nothing. But it would be pretty stupid of him.

I would simply tell the realtor that the money he is going down by, I will add that to the purchase price. That way everyone gets a piece of the pie. Or am I seeing that wrong?

Yes, he will probably refrain. You are thinking of this one purchase, he is thinking about his business in the next years/decades. He has already compromised with you, maybe there is still some room. But anything over 50% would be a real surprise.

PS: I am the last person who would say that the broker honestly earned 18k with his "work," but that's just how it goes – at least for now, as long as the costs can simply be passed on to the buyer.