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All the agent will do is ask to see the passport, probably do very little to check they are genuine.
You can ask to see their ID yourself, you can also check it is valid using something like this http://veriphy.com although you may need to a company to use them?
Plenty of sales are completed without an agent.
Is their company a limited company? If so you can check them out on companies house register. Save your £500, get a good solicitor and you should be fine.I am a Mortgage AdviserYou should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0 -
What fraud are you hoping to guard against anyway? Either they come up with the money when they're meant to or they don't.
I actually do not know; hence my confusion
All the agent will do is ask to see the passport, probably do very little to check they are genuine.
You can ask to see their ID yourself, you can also check it is valid using something like this http://veriphy.com although you may need to a company to use them?
Plenty of sales are completed without an agent.
Is their company a limited company? If so you can check them out on companies house register. Save your £500, get a good solicitor and you should be fine.
Thank you, yes they are and I have looked at the accounts.0 -
sensation211 wrote: »Hello guys.
One agent said they would take it on for £1000 but when we asked what he'd be doing for that money he said "not a right lot to be honest"...
Amazing honesty from an EA!0
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