Should I go multi-agency?

delmar39

As per the previous posts seems like your current agent is doing well. It is the responsibility of your EA to establish the position of the buyer at the time of them requesting a viewing. Then, if they make an offer, your EA should contact their EA to establish whether the chain is secure. It looks to me like this isn't happening, so your current EA could be partly to blame. You could say to your current EA that you only want viewers who are in a good position to proceed. Difficult to cover all angles and deals can fall through, but your EA should make sure everything is ok when an offer is made, therefore minimising potential problems similar to the ones you're experiencing.

princeofpounds

As a potential buyer, really as long as you pick a decent EA multiagency isn't necessary. Buyers normally have an area and bracket in mind and will look at rightmove and contact any major agents in that area - you just need to be in the shop window (so to speak, not literally!).

Your problems are much more likely to revolve around the property, market and the pricing.

Multi-agency doesn't imply desperation to a buyer. As for whether it makes EAs work harder or not it depends - if the property should be easy to sell at the price it tends to, as they both want to be first to transact an easy win. But if the property is harder to shift then it might create less effort, as why put effort into something that might turn out to be a lost cause anyway?

scooter_chick

princeofpounds wrote: »

As for whether it makes EAs work harder or not it depends - if the property should be easy to sell at the price it tends to, as they both want to be first to transact an easy win. But if the property is harder to shift then it might create less effort, as why put effort into something that might turn out to be a lost cause anyway?

Yeah - I think this just about sums up my thoughts - can't decide which way it would go. But it's reassuring to hear that the general view is that my EA is doing okay. Thanks for all the comments.

I think what I need to do is not get too excited when/if I get the next offer and restrain myself from even looking at a property to move to until I'm SURE it's a 'proper' offer! I guess it's hard to tell for an offer from a FTB when you can't get a MiP in writing, and they're less sure of the process - or more nervous about the whole thing.