Estate Agent Fees!!

wotnoshoeseh

Excellent website and some good links to other sites that you can advertise your home for sale on.
Much appreciated.

tee_3

Try this site

moving.uk.com/


Dont know anything about them, but they are based in Dundonald and offer a flat fee basis.

honey28

IvanOpinion wrote:

There is a new agent about not sure of their name but there are a couple of houses up our way that have the sign up and it advertises that the cost to sell is £239 (and I know one of the houses has had a stream of viewers). If I am out later I will try to get more info for you.

Ivan

I think this is the one Ivan is talking about

http://www.blackpropertymanagement.com/

darrenfinlayson

halifax charge 1% plus vat but you can generally get them down to 0.85% plus vat, which isnt bad. the good thing about halifax is thats it, everything is included in the price, ie no advertising fees like the other estate agents.

also if at any time you want to pull out of the sale then they dont charge you anything!

NAR

Personally I don't like Halifax because they are too big and always have so many properties on their books. Thus it is easy for your property to be "missed" or not pushed by Halifax. I certainly would never use them again and will choose one of the smaller outfits.

IvanOpinion

honey28 wrote:

I think this is the one Ivan is talking about

http://www.blackpropertymanagement.com/

Yes thats the one .. thanks honey (sounds Like I am talking to the missus )

Ivan

darrenfinlayson

NAR wrote:

Personally I don't like Halifax because they are too big and always have so many properties on their books. Thus it is easy for your property to be "missed" or not pushed by Halifax. I certainly would never use them again and will choose one of the smaller outfits.

i just used them to sell my property, and they were fantastic, much better than the local agents who just didn't come across as professional. they also had a much better grasp of the local area and give me a much higher valuation (because they knew what the local properties were selling at).

because they had loads of properties on their books they also had loads of contacts for people interested in the area. my first offer came a day after i asked them to place the property on the market and before it had even been advertised! and the offer was 10k higher than the asking price.

they had 5 bidders within 4 days and the bidding finally went 25k over the asking price (5 days after the house went on the market!).

if i had have stuck with the other estate agents (ups / templeton robinson etc) the house would have gone on the market 10k under what the halifax valued at!

they maintained very good communication with me all the way through and they will be receiving a letter of thanks.

i have only ever used smaller estate agents for my other houses and halifax were, in my opinion, 10 times better and much more honest.

motorguy

darrenfinlayson wrote:

i just used them to sell my property, and they were fantastic, much better than the local agents who just didn't come across as professional. they also had a much better grasp of the local area and give me a much higher valuation (because they knew what the local properties were selling at).

because they had loads of properties on their books they also had loads of contacts for people interested in the area. my first offer came a day after i asked them to place the property on the market and before it had even been advertised! and the offer was 10k higher than the asking price.

they had 5 bidders within 4 days and the bidding finally went 25k over the asking price (5 days after the house went on the market!).

if i had have stuck with the other estate agents (ups / templeton robinson etc) the house would have gone on the market 10k under what the halifax valued at!

they maintained very good communication with me all the way through and they will be receiving a letter of thanks.

i have only ever used smaller estate agents for my other houses and halifax were, in my opinion, 10 times better and much more honest.

Again evidence of why, to me, paying for a decent agent with local knowledge is worth every penny.

williams55

Try the anderstown estate agents , they sell quite a few Crumlin propertys . Ive sold a couple of propertys of the last few years and would only a fixed price . Most of the a-towners will do £1k and push for it to include the vat .
hope this helps , also found robert wilsons in moira to be quite keen .

ginger_nuts

also consider who is showing the property to buyers . I no one EA who never shows a property the seller has to do it .
When I sold my last house (many moons ago ) I got the buyer to bid against herself and she paid £1000 over the asking price .