Sole agency contract and pulling house off the market

C_Mababejive

Why not..?

Its agreed that some estate agents do a lot of chasing/setting up chains but i expect Tesco et al could employ people to do the same.

In fact they could employ EA clerks on a salary rather than being commission driven hyenas.

I suspect that people trust Tesco more than they do the average EA

C_Mababejive

Really2 wrote: »

So it can be a monopoly by one company instead of thousands competing for business? (good for tesco maybe the only people it would be good for)

I think a giant EA would be so much worse when did the last time a monopoly on a market became a good thing?

But surely EAs have a virtual monopoly via their major organ aka Rightmove which doesnt allow private ads? Not to mention EAs rather restrictive contracts.

The last time i discussed the intracacies of sole agency contracts and similar, the wench took a snooty look at me and said.."who told you about that?" as if i am simple or something. I showed her the door.

googler

C_Mababejive wrote: »

In fact they could employ EA clerks on a salary rather than being commission driven hyenas.

How will they pay the salaries without charging a commission on the sale? If they do charge a commission, what's different about them compared to a current EA? Does this make Tesco a big commission-driven hyena?

Really2

Considering tesco get you to scan your own shopping now I do worry why you think they would offer a good experience on selling such an high value item.

Perhaps you want to buy cars off them also.
But there are portals to sell homes on line if you want to sell yourself.
http://www.thelittlehousecompany.co.uk/faqs.htm

But if they are not as good as RM perhaps you need to ask why. Most probably because the fees and the maintenance do not cover the advertising and staff costs to make it bigger.

It does worry me that so many peoples answer to a better world is TESCO.:eek: (ask farmers if the size of tesco is a good thing for long term viability)

C_Mababejive wrote: »

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The last time i discussed the intracacies of sole agency contracts and similar, the wench took a snooty look at me and said.."who told you about that?" as if i am simple or something. I showed her the door.

So you think tesco are going to be pro multi vendor.??????????????

G_M

I think the OP just wants to temporarily withdraw his property from the market without risking fees/penalties, not revolutionise the UK property market process!

timmyt

tesco will make no difference at all to the property market, none. on any reasoning. people have far more respect for their personal affairs and poperty to let a supermarket anywhere near them...well most people who have class anyway.

DVardysShadow

C_Mababejive wrote: »

Why not..?

Its agreed that some estate agents do a lot of chasing/setting up chains but i expect Tesco et al could employ people to do the same.

In fact they could employ EA clerks on a salary rather than being commission driven hyenas.

I suspect that people trust Tesco more than they do the average EA

Considering that the thread started with dissatisfaction with a national chain - presumably one which has an arm which does conveyancing and an in house 'mortgage advisor', I don't think this would be a move in the right direction.

As for trusting Tesco more than the average EA, you might be damning them with faint praise.

I'm thinking that a lot of the problems with the modern world is that there are too many large orgaisations which have too much market share and have done too much 'business process re-engineering' - usually piling a load of bullying and discomfort on customers who are left with very little alternative.