Today's thread about Purple Bricks.....BBC report

PokerPlayer111

troffasky wrote: »

Absolutely.




Given that this thread is about a method of selling houses that is not a traditional estate agent, they can't really have a monopoly, can they?

Well i was told in other thread its still like 88% traditional EA 12% sites like PB with online sites like PB are a growing trend. Dont know if thats right.

Pixie5740

I can see that there is a benefit to using an estate agent (traditional or online) if you don't have the time or inclination to market the property yourself. I can also see that in the past (before the internet) estate agents could help your property reach a wider audience. These days how many people actually go to an estate agency to look for a property? Getting yourself on Rightmove and/or Zoopla (at least in England & Wales) is the important bit. Given some of the terrible estate agent listings we've seen on the forum I wouldn't be surprised if more people didn't start trying to give it a go themselves.

googler

PokerPlayer111 wrote: »

End result is you feed the traditional system though and it is parasitical

It's business.

If it were good value and enjoyable to interact with most EAs then it would be fine.

If all goes well, the seller should be the person the EA interacts with the least. The EA spends most of their time interacting with people who don't pay them, and people who don't buy what they're marketing.


There is a huge group of people in UK who do have the time and need to save on EA costs but are economically illiterate and could do with getting stuck in.

Really? Who are these people who have the time and flexibility from their regular working lives to do this? How do you reach the conclusion it's a 'huge' group? Have you done a survey?

PokerPlayer111

googler wrote: »

Really? Who are these people who have the time and flexibility from their regular working lives to do this? How do you reach the conclusion it's a 'huge' group? Have you done a survey?

The sheeple mostly follow the herd. Why trust the masses valuing skills anyway? The masses are mostly trapping themselves in slave like jobs while not using the spare time they have wisely to get out the trap. Instead they drink, eat poorly, exercise poorly, sit in front of TV in evenings and pump out kids they cannot really afford.

Everyone having choice is great but good insight usually comes from outside the masses it seems. Things like purplebricks are a nudge in the right direction or if being a bit more harsh a wake up call.

Thrugelmir

PokerPlayer111 wrote: »

My wish is they are used at a minimum. Keeping middlemen out of any trade or at tiny cut is in most cases good for buyer/seller. ATM we are stuck with traditional EA monopoly. :wall:

I'd prefer to pass my money to an agent that gets paid on completing a sale. Not upfront on a chance. Where the level of support may well be poorer. With little to no after offer , pre exchange support.