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Probate not declared
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EAs ought to ask the postion but most of them don't think about it.
If true that doesn't say a lot for the professionalism or competency of those agents.0 -
As mentioned above - get proof! We were told probate had all been done and was ready by the estate agent - on 2 occasions! As you can see 6 months later this wasn't the case.£2 Savers club £0/£150
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EAs don't really understand this level of detail.
some
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you will wait for ages
Not always the case, surely it's impossible to tell without knowing specific details about a particular transaction?
There are good estate agents out there - trouble is that it is often difficult for the public to find those who really do know what they are doing.
Several years ago I had a lot of dealings with a local branch manager of a well known chain of estateagetns who at that time didn't have a good general reputation. However she was different - she had spent a couple of weeks in a local solicitor's office to find out what we did. So when there was a hold up on a transaction I was delaing with - where we needed to see some obscure agreement - I explained to her the need and the reasons. She would cinvey the message up and down the chain. Months later when she was dealing with another property nearby and there was a delay because some other solicitor couldn't find it - she would ring me up and ask for a copy. Same sort of thing happened the other way round when I needed something.
Trouble is that most sellers think an estate agent is good just because he finds a buyer apparently willing to pay a high price, without any regard to whether the transaction actually goes through. The good agent does research to check as far as he can that there is nothing to stop the transaction proceeding (e.g. buyer unable to get mortgage, chain not complete ahead).RICHARD WEBSTER
As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.0 -
Not a word I can disagree with there.
"The vast majority make the rest of us look bad."
As you point out, by the time it is evident a particular EA is not very good, it is often too late to do anything about it.0
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