Estate agent's selling fees in England

Davesnave

sevenhills wrote: »

I am trying to help a 90 year relative sell his house, but the one estate agent that I just had a online chat with, didn't want to tell me the fees they charge. That seems rather bizarre to me.

As it's negotiable, why would the agent commit to a particular fee before seeing the property?

When I negotiated with an agent over the sale of an elderly person's property I'd refurbished, the fact that she thought it would sell quickly made a difference to the fee.

Some places like that hang around on their books for ages.

sevenhills

Davesnave wrote: »

As it's negotiable, why would the agent commit to a particular fee before seeing the property?

It was a local firm, but they are not at the top of my list to invite for as quote.
None of them seem to want to display their prices, perhaps that has allowed online agents to flourish.

Surrey_EA

sevenhills wrote: »

It was a local firm, but they are not at the top of my list to invite for as quote.
None of them seem to want to display their prices, perhaps that has allowed online agents to flourish.

Fees are generally variable, and will depend on the nature of the specific property, the type of brochure and photography provided, the price the seller wants to ask. Almost all EAs will be prepared to negotiate fees.