Is this true?

Nara

Hi all,

I have put an offer on a house we would like to buy, mine is going on the market this week so have yet to sell it.

Anyhooo the estate agent who are dealing with the house i want to buy aren't my favourite and although they did a valuation on my house, i found them too pushy for my liking and sales orientated. :mad: The girl i speak to forgets every thing i have told her and keeps asking me the same things over and over, pushing me to see their financial advisor ( i have my own coming this week who is a friends cousin, so trusted to look at and give me the best deals/offers/)

So I rang for an update on the offer i put in, she said the guy is still thinking about it, so fair enough....then she also said that HE asked them to ask us if we would sell our house with the same estate agents as it would make things easier!!! :eek: I told her it was too late i have alrdy signed up to the other one ( who are really nice and friendly, more upbeat about my house and offered me lower fees as i mentioned my friend had recommended them, all my friends who live near me have gone with this estate agent as they don't hassle you at all to sell sell sell)

Anyway i wondered if this is true that it makes things alot 'easier' to sell through the same estate agent as you are buying from, or if this is a load of poppycock. I can;t believe a vendor would ask this tbh, i know i wouldn't!! and i'm wondering if she is lieing or not that HE said that, or if it is them being pushy again!! Esp as we told the vendor who we were selling with as he asked us!

Crashandburn

Load of poppycock is about right!

Would land you in a whole help of legal wranglings if you switch mid-contract and she should know this. Also vendors don't ask for this! Same way they don't insist on what solicitors you have to use and they don't insist on you using their agents broker

Nara

Thanks for the quick response, yes i have signed up for 14 weeks with my estate agent so its too late to change even if i wanted to, which i don't :P I have also told her repeated times my house was going on the market this week and we told the vendor. So obviously i was organising things, then today shes asking if i want them to do a valuation on my house and sell it with them lol, er hello you alrdy did a valuation and im not likely to put an offer on a house if i havent even sorted out putting my house on the market!!

I hate being lied to, drives me mad!

hcb42

I think it is poppycock about using same agent, however if I was selling I wouldn't take your offer seriously until you have sold and would carry on marketing my house. Not sure what you are expecting at this stage, you are not in a strong enough bargaining position.

noodle

Yes, absolute nonsense. She just wants to be in control of the sale of your place as there's a double incentive for her, as it's (effectively) two commissions. Even if you could do it, that would probably not be in your interests as she'd have even less interest in getting you a proper price than she'd have normally.

I get immediately suspicious of anyone who tries to divert me to a financial advisor of their choosing even after I've indicated that I'm not interested. It implies a lack of respect for me as a customer.

dimbo61

IFA ? or are you having a mortgage broker ( whole of market ) come visit you at home ?
Have some ideas what you want yourself and use the internet to see what deals are available for your LTV,income etc ( moneysupermarket ETC)