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Nans bugalow been on market for 2 years..whats wrong with it?
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Good post and number 1 must be a regional thing as I have never heard of it after a lifetime in the business. A friend told me of some dodgy dealings in Luton years ago!
Number 2 to me would be like having a Millstone around my neck and feeling so awkward if the seller rang and asked why there was no movement!
Number 3 like I thought this is what all we EA's did until I started reading this forum.
Do Maplins sell lie detectors - come in useful in dealing with EA's? :j
Actually, our v dodgy, incompetent local EA bought a property in our village at well below market value - about 20-30K at least, probably more like 40-50K, as I know from the various sold prices websites. I was looking to buy then, and this was exactly the sort of property in the specific street that I had told that EA I was looking to buy. It never came up on the open market and he never breathed a word of it at the time - so he could buy it. (I, or any number of other buyers would definitely have paid more.) It turned out he was about to start a family - he had a baby in due course and had presumably decided to get a family home conveniently near his work (2 mins walk). But it was definitely an abuse of his position - the buyer did not get a fair price.
Now that EA is really struggling. Can't say I shall weep at all. In all my dealings with them, they have been a bunch of incompetent, grasping crooks.0 -
Will keep you informed if the STC changes tto SOLD and money in our hands..HAHASAVING FOR OUR FIRST HOUSE DEPOSIT
15,000 NEEDED /35,000 SAVED SO FAR! :j0 -
What a crass thread.
Hope you enjoy your money.0
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