House Selling - Money Saving Tips

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AnnJ

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lynneinjapan

Josie253 wrote: »

Hi I wonder if some one could give me some advice, I signed up with an estate agent 3 weeks ago, I no longer live at my property so gave him the keys for viewing, with in 2 weeks I had two offers then a 3rd which I accepted after been told it was the buyers final offer, this offer was not sent to me as the previous offers by post so I had no details only verbally by accepting it. The estate agent then with out instruction from my self removed my property from all sites apart from there own, l had paid for a premium listing, other premium listings with the same estate agent are still active with a note sold subject to contract, mind has been removed, I should add that another estate agent mistakingly listed my property tho they were asked to remove it as they were not working for my self, l received a text message from my agent asking to get it removed again as the buyer was worried, in short reading in to it he had removed my property from sites on the ask of the buyer and my for sale board was taken down too, my agreement with them I believe is that my property is listed till the end of sale as l could still receive higher offers,my questionis that l want to break my contract now as l fully believe my estate agent is not acting in my best interest, can I do that.

If the buyer's offer was conditional on the property being taken off the market then the agent should have made that clear to you before agreeing to the buyer's request. I see no other reason why your listing should have been removed altogether rather than just marked as SSTC. Have you asked the agent why they've done this, and requested/instructed them to reinstate it?

On the other hand, you've accepted an offer; if you weren't happy with it then you shouldn't have accepted it. How would you feel if you'd had an offer accepted on a house that you'd fallen in love with, and spent hundreds of pounds on a survey and legals, only to be told "I've changed my mind, someone else is offering me more money and I'm going to sell it to them instead." In Scotland that's illegal; in England it's legal but most people wouldn't consider it very ethical. It may be that this buyer has suffered this problem in the past and I can fully understand why he would want the property to be taken off the market.

How did the other agent come to list your house if they weren't acting for you? Surely they wouldn't have had sufficient details to put together a listing unless you'd instructed them? Since the first agent probably believed that you'd signed up with them on a sole-agency basis (as is required by most agents), it's not hard to see why neither the buyer nor the agent was happy about this!

tonyparker

Stunning points to save the money. Thanks for the tips.

Amelia_Smith

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boldminer

We have been trying to sell our retirement apartment for over 3 years, without success and have approached a company called Homesboughtfast.co.uk.
Has anyone had experience of dealing with this or similar companies?

h1skswebstudios

It's without question the most valuable possession any of us will ever own. Yet when it comes to selling our house, solicitors and estate agents run riot and take large fees simply because they are the experts. Yet there are ways to save money.

SuperXX

Thanks for these nice tips :j

lynneinjapan

boldminer wrote: »

We have been trying to sell our retirement apartment for over 3 years, without success and have approached a company called Homesboughtfast.co.uk.
Has anyone had experience of dealing with this or similar companies?

Go back a page and look at post #711 on this thread - I answered a similar question from someone else there.

If they ask you to pay upfront for a valuation or similar (even if they claim it's refundable), don't touch them with a barge pole - it's probably a scam where they make you a derisory offer, which of course you refuse, and so they get to keep your valuation fee.

I've heard it said that there's never anything wrong with a property except its price; could it be that you're simply being too optimistic with your asking price? In our area there's a glut of retirement flats on the market and prices have fallen significantly in the last few years, particularly as you can't get mortgages on them and the service charges are usually very high. Have you made sure that it looks as good as it possibly can? If your area is anything like ours then a tired-looking flat isn't going to attract much interest when there are so many others available.

wee_wheels

Hi guys
Quick question. I am selling my house soon and have a few defaults on the address. Could someone please tell me will these show up when the estate agent comes out to value and put the house on the market. What exactly does the estate agent need to know at this stage? I had these debts before I got married and had kids. One debt will be statue barred in September, the other I am trying to arrange a f/f with them.
Please advise and I don't want hubby finding out about these.