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02-07-2018, 03:44 PM
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A quarter of estate agents in financial distress.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44681564

I can't say my heart bleeds for them. There are probably some decent estate agents out there, but our experience of them hasn't been good to say the least.

When selling our previous property, which took two years, we weren't impressed with the ones we employed. In the end I was so desperate to get rid of the property, as it was getting far too much for me to cope with, I took matters into my own hands. I sold it to a property company in 2012, yes we lost about thousands of £s on the deal, but we still got a considerable amount more than we paid for it in 1997.
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02-07-2018, 03:54 PM
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Re: A quarter of estate agents in financial distress.

Good!
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02-07-2018, 03:55 PM
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Re: A quarter of estate agents in financial distress.

I can believe it .... the property market ain't what it used to be like. It's lean pickings.

I can't say I'm too impressed with their service either.
Last week I nearly asked mine if they'd give me a job as they are so dozy.
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02-07-2018, 03:59 PM
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Re: A quarter of estate agents in financial distress.

Will they be putting their own houses up for a quick sale ..... ?
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02-07-2018, 04:24 PM
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Re: A quarter of estate agents in financial distress.

Originally Posted by purwell ->
good!
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02-07-2018, 04:25 PM
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Re: A quarter of estate agents in financial distress.

Originally Posted by Purwell ->
Good!
Good what?
That a quarter of estate agents are in financial distress?
Or that Tara made a profit on the sale of her house?
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02-07-2018, 05:00 PM
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Re: A quarter of estate agents in financial distress.

Houses here are flying, selling within weeks. Our neighbours son and future wife are struggling to find a house in their price bracket as what starts as a good price soon rockets

We have a good relationship with our estate agent, he looked after us when we bought over here and we keep in touch socially and professionally
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02-07-2018, 05:06 PM
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Re: A quarter of estate agents in financial distress.

A large proportion of houses around here are now sold through online sites. My dil sold her house very quickly for a fraction of the cost that a traditional estate agent would charge.
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02-07-2018, 05:07 PM
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Re: A quarter of estate agents in financial distress.

The houses/bungalows in our area are selling like hot cakes at present, some within a week of being put on the market, like the one next door to us.
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02-07-2018, 05:11 PM
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Re: A quarter of estate agents in financial distress.

Personally we have never had problems with estate agents as they have always sold our properties with no headaches, I know we have been lucky though.
 
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