Websites where houses are sold directly?

I don't know but thought I'd say Hi because I think I know you from the yellow forum?

Mousie x

why privatly by the way. if you are selling you may miss out on getting a fair price for your home, if you are buying you wont know of all the properties in your location.

rich

Don't run away with the idea that agent's 'valuations' are valuations at all, they are not. The only valuation is that done by a professional surveyor based on comparables of properties which have actually sold (provided for mortgage applications).

Anything else is just a guess coloured by the agent's own self-interests (sales targets this month, over-valuation to obtain an instruction etc.) with a percentage added for negotiating room...

WHICH have reported on numerous occasions the huge disparity between agents so-called values of property, showing clearly that they are only giving 'opinions' on the likely possible target area a buyer *may* be interested in making an offer - not a valuation.

All vendors (including those using an agent) should do their own research into local property prices, both asking and actual sold prices, in order to arrive at the 'benchmark' region at which you can set your own price by comparing property features and location of your property with those you are competing with (on the market - asking price) and those that have been sold at an agreed price (sold prices - land registry information available from a number of free websites).

There is no scientifically correct value to set your asking price - remember this is an "offer to treat" (open negotiations or guide) not a fixed price.

Rightmove have come in for a lot of stick recently in the media over their commercial policy about restricting access to estate agents only (they excluded private sales services in 2004). They are again looking at their terms of membership for further restrictions and this time it is the 'online estate agents' that are under the microscope on their 'to do' list... other portals have already started to exclude these services owing to ongoing complaints from traditional agent members.

who the hell are estate agents to complain about people selling there houses privately or by low price online Eas, buying and selling is expensive enough and given the fact that most people take into account the cost of ea fees when they decide what sort of price they want for their house it would be better for everyone if we cut them out altogether.
iv heard that tesco and other supermarkets will be starting up a free service where you can advertise your property not clear on how they would be doing it though