Diary of a London Estate Agent

justpurchased

So what happened Monday, Thursday and Friday?
As I am failling to see what the jist of this is, other than offer 41% off and you won't be able to buy! (and i am not being funny it is just not very clear)
Or is that it?

lynzpower

Or is that it?

Probably. NOt much else going on out there is there!

I saw a very moving scene in one of my local EAs the other day whilst sat at the lights.

Suited man, cuddling his JAck russell in a dead office. He looked like he was hanging onto that dog for dear life. Quite moving actually, I felt quite sorry for the guy.

baby_boomer

justpurchased wrote: »

So what happened Monday, Thursday and Friday?

Board guidelines rule against printing articles in full.

As the average estate agent is selling just one house a week

I expect that if they don't expect to sell that single house they put in to write the Evening Standard "Diary of an Estate Agent" in order to earn a bit of pin money .

Dithering_Dad

I wonder how many future diary entries will begin with "Today I walked down to the local job centre and looked at the adverts..."

baby_boomer

How true.

But it doesn't fit the quirky, upbeat tone needed for the Evening Stadard property section. After all, the paper does need the ad revenue.

GDB2222

I cannot see much point in putting offers at 41% below asking price. Perhaps it's a scatter gun approach? Do that 1,000 times, and you may be accepted once?

tomstickland

justpurchased wrote: »

True, they can't disclose an excepted offer.
So surley you could make a £1 offer, I don't see the point of the article, am I being thick?

Yes, you are being thick. They wrote about the low offer to illustrate how buyers are acting. ie: making very low offers, even if they are not accepted. In a rising market they'd not have bothered making such an offer unless they were just a bit mad.

moanymoany

However, as is on one poster's posts - if the result of your offer is not a sharp intake of breath - you have offered too much....

I paraphrase you understand.

Generali

My experience of the column is that it is a space filler with half a dozen annecdotes, some of which are slightly amusing if you like that sort of thing.

I doubt that either the EA or the sub editor that tidies it up has the inclination to use page 23 of the property section to send subliminal messages about the property market.

Now a picture on page 3 of The Sun today quite clearly held the subliminal message of 2 dots. That is morse code for 'I' which I took to stand for 'If you think about it, property always rises in price. Why not put in an offer on Mr Smedthwick's place at no 42?'. The fact that these dots were contained in a picture of a pretty girl makes me even more sure that I am right.

Edale

Generali wrote: »

Now a picture on page 3 of The Sun today quite clearly held the subliminal message of 2 dots. That is morse code for 'I' which I took to stand for 'If you think about it, property always rises in price. Why not put in an offer on Mr Smedthwick's place at no 42?'. The fact that these dots were contained in a picture of a pretty girl makes me even more sure that I am right.

Have you been drinking?
I have been drinking and have typed four responses but deleted each one due to them being far too vulgar.