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Selling without an estate agent

Anyone got experience of this? Recommendations of website? Costs of respective sites Vs popularity? Whether any have links to the main ones (Primelocation & Rightmove) etc etc

Cheers

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  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    Rightmove doesn't accept adverts from anyone other than EAs, so you'll need to hire either an 'online' agent or a high-street one.

    Primelocation - situation unknown, but I've never seen any evidence of private adverts therein.

    What's your reason for wanting to sell without an EA?
  • Benji_Brown
    Benji_Brown Posts: 45 Forumite
    Googler is right. The big property portals do not allow adverts from private sellers. However, there are some internet "agents" that will charge a small fee and rightmove etc, is included in their services. I would recommend doing a search on google.

    It doesn't really matter how popular the site is because most people will simply use rightmove anyway.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    Thanks for this but....
    "Anyone got experience of this? " and if so "Recommendations of website?"

    Specifically which sites (OK 'web agents') have broadest coverage ie are included in Rightmove/Primelocation?
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
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    www.housenetwork.co.uk

    Used them three times, not for a while now but was very happy with the service received. They're on rightmove and I'm sure they're on findaproperty, primelocation, propertyfinder etc too - you can check, it has them all on the website.

    They won't hold your hand but if you think of it like selling by yourself but with a little extra help and advertising in the right places, it's perfect. Floorplans, 360 degree views, you get more on the web than you'll get with most agents. To be honest, I found them virtually no different from an "average" high street agent (in terms of performance) Just an awful lot cheaper :)
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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