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Who has sold a property using an online estate agent?
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You make the offer to the online agent who then forwards them to the vendor. You can then feedback through the agent to the person making the offer. The agent I used (Housenetwork) did everything except the viewings. They will also chase up viewers for feedback. I was very impressed with them and delighted to save so much money. In addition, my house was undervalued by the high street agent and it would have lost me £20K had I gone with him.Je suis sabot...0
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Thanks, all. It did make sense to go through the agent; I was just getting very confused by the amount of people on these boards who post about having negotiated directly with their vendor after a second view, and then calling the estate agent just to let them know the situation... don't know how common this is in the 'real world'...?0
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Hoof_Hearted wrote: »You make the offer to the online agent who then forwards them to the vendor. You can then feedback through the agent to the person making the offer. The agent I used (Housenetwork) did everything except the viewings. They will also chase up viewers for feedback. I was very impressed with them and delighted to save so much money. In addition, my house was undervalued by the high street agent and it would have lost me £20K had I gone with him.
Sounds like you got a good online agent. My experience is a little different so far though, hence my question (no follow-up from my first viewing; about 3 different contact numbers to call; different person picking up each time; inability to answer most questions about the property)...0 -
I still think the majority of people go through agents but I think there will come a time when online only takes off. Will need a big brand to make that happen.....google????0
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