Zack DeCaro is a licensed Massachusetts real estate broker who lists homes across Hampden and Worcester counties for a 1% listing fee plus a $400 transaction fee. 10+ years in real estate, 250+ homes sold personally, $75M+ in sales volume.
Zack DeCaro holds a Massachusetts broker license (MA 9586658-RE-B) and a Connecticut broker license, and works with Property Works New England. He prices, markets and negotiates your sale himself, with his brother Nick DeCaro, a licensed Massachusetts agent. Recent Massachusetts sales include homes in Chicopee and across the Springfield area.
On a $450,000 sale, a 1% listing fee plus $400 is $4,900. The same sale at a 2.5% listing fee costs $11,250, so the 1% plan keeps about $6,350 more with you before other costs. The service is the same: pricing, photography, MLS exposure, showings, offer negotiation and coordination with your attorney through closing.
The 1% is the listing-side fee only; compensation for a buyer’s agent is separate and negotiable. All commissions and fees are negotiable and are not set by law. The $450,000 figure is illustrative.
A pricing recommendation based on comparable sales in your town. Professional photography and a written listing description. MLS entry and syndication to the major home search sites. Showing coordination and open houses when they make sense. Offer review, negotiation and counteroffers. Coordination with your closing attorney through the purchase and sale agreement and closing.
Most sellers of 1 to 2 family homes need a certificate of compliance for smoke and carbon monoxide detectors from the local fire department before closing (M.G.L. c. 148, section 26F). If the home is not connected to public sewer, a Title 5 septic inspection is generally required within two years of the sale. For homes built before 1978, sellers must give buyers the federal lead paint disclosure and the Massachusetts lead notices.
Massachusetts has no single statewide seller disclosure form, but a seller cannot conceal a known material defect. A typical sale starts with an offer to purchase and moves to a purchase and sale agreement signed through attorneys. The deed excise tax is $4.56 per $1,000 of the sale price in most counties (M.G.L. c. 64D). Ask your closing attorney which rules apply to your sale.
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Yes. Zack DeCaro is a licensed Massachusetts real estate broker (MA 9586658-RE-B) with Property Works New England who lists Massachusetts homes for a 1% listing fee plus a $400 transaction fee, with full service: pricing, professional photography, MLS exposure, showings, negotiation and coordination through closing.
Most of our Massachusetts listings are in Hampden County (Springfield, Westfield, Chicopee, Agawam and nearby towns) and Worcester County (Worcester, Shrewsbury, Leominster, Fitchburg and nearby towns). We also have seller guides for Greater Boston, the North Shore, the South Shore, Cape Cod and the Berkshires.
No. The 1% is the listing-side fee only. Any compensation you choose to offer a buyer's agent is separate and negotiable. All commissions and fees are negotiable and not set by law.
Typical seller costs are the listing fee, any buyer-agent compensation you agree to, the state deed excise tax of $4.56 per $1,000 of the sale price in most counties, your attorney's fee, the smoke and carbon monoxide certificate, any Title 5 septic inspection, your mortgage payoff and prorated taxes. On a $450,000 sale, the deed excise is about $2,052.
Zack DeCaro, the Massachusetts broker, handles pricing, negotiation and the transaction. His brother Nick DeCaro, a licensed Massachusetts real estate agent, works alongside him. You deal with them directly, not a call center or junior team.
Selling in Connecticut instead? See the Connecticut 1% listing program. In Tampa Bay, see Florida.