Washington D.C. Gets Buck’d

By Anthony Longo 11 02 2008 by Author

Who is Sawbuck?

Sawbuck Realty is a web-based real estate broker headquartered in Washington, DC. We have a unique business model designed to:

Empower buyers with the best search tools, technology and information
Connect buyers with the very best local agents
Give buyers a below-market mortgage with no closing costs
Negotiate the lowest possible settlement costs for buyers

We want homebuyers to get the best of everything—best tools, best agent, best mortgage, best settlement, biggest savings—while giving up nothing.

What is a “sawbuck”? Why’d you pick that name?

sawbuck realty A “sawbuck” has two connected meanings. Originally, it was an “X”-shaped sawhorse used by pioneers to hold wood as it was sawed into boards for homebuilding. Subsequently, it became common slang for a 10-dollar bill, because the prominent roman numeral “X” reminded people of the sawhorses (a 20-dollar bill—XX—is a “double sawbuck”). We liked the name because it combined the idea of homes (as in building them) with the idea of money (as in saving yours). Plus, it’s fun to say.

Ok whats the bottom line with this new ‘cool named’ dot-com, mortgage backed real estate website….

Well…our take on it is actually a pretty cool idea! These guys who founded the company actually came from a mortgage background (same background as me). They have found a clever way to show you true savings in mortgage and closing services while hooking you up with a good local agent.

This is very interesting and will be following them closely. Its somewhat similar to what we are doing in the Boston marketplace now…I guess we can say now…”this is the way business is heading?”
Check out Sawbucks Website or their Blog here.

And of course…you can still search D.C. Condos on CondoDomain