That is, they were agents of the Seller. When this was true, the agents owed the Seller specific duties to disclose information about the Buyer. This information may not have been in the Buyer's best interest.
Buyers have the right to hire a real estate broker as their agent as well.
When Buyer Agency is created, the buyer becomes the client , and the real estate broker can offer services they could not offer as a Seller's agent. It has already been set aside from the seller's proceeds as a term of the listing agreement. An aggressive listing broker uses that fee to accomplish the sale of the property by sharing it with any agent who brings a successful buyer into the transaction. In other words, the buyers agent is paid from the commission of the Listing Broker. I have specialized knowledge I can use to your advantage.