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Estate agents sell just one home a week on average as property market struggles

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  • Orpheo
    Orpheo Posts: 1,058 Forumite
    1 house per week. Average house price £160k, 2% commission...

    Will there be a cull of EAs during the summer? They certainly didn't fatten up in the spring.
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  • Sibley
    Sibley Posts: 1,557 Forumite
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    They will be selling lots soon. Banks will start lending soon
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  • relic
    relic Posts: 2,153 Forumite
    Sibley wrote: »
    They will be selling lots soon. Banks will start lending soon

    And how long have you been telling yourself that?
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  • doire_2
    doire_2 Posts: 2,275 Forumite
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    relic wrote: »
    And how long have you been telling yourself that?


    He never ever gives a valid reason why he thinks this.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    One a week is more than I thought they were selling.
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    1 a week and house prices are basically flat or falling by small amounts.

    sounds like not many desperate people need to sell then and drop their prices...
  • Really2
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    It's how many are they renting which is the survival point at the moment.

    Agents have a more stable income stream than ever before through rentals.

    Rentals are covering or making a slight profit over costs, sales are a bonus.
  • shortchanged_2
    shortchanged_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite
    Sibley wrote: »
    They will be selling lots soon. Banks will start lending soon

    Banks are lending if someone fulfils the criteria.
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  • wherediditallgothen
    wherediditallgothen Posts: 1,520 Forumite
    shortchanged wrote: »
    Banks are lending if someone fulfils the criteria.

    Indeed they are. It's just the criteria these days are a bit more than 'do you have a pulse?'.
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  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    wherediditallgothen wrote: »
    Indeed they are. It's just the criteria these days are a bit more than 'do you have a pulse?'.

    TBF I think some got mortgages without a pulse (mortgage fraud using dead peoples names)
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