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Buying agents: Avoid like the plague

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  • ThePants999
    ThePants999 Posts: 1,748 Forumite
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    THREE PERCENT ON TOP OF £2,400!? I am SO in the wrong job.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,412 Community Admin
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    edited 5 September 2019 at 8:41PM
    THREE PERCENT ON TOP OF £2,400!? I am SO in the wrong job.

    It is probably why it seems to be such a fast growing industry, Apparently, there are now hundreds of property buying agents in business. They prey off buyers' desperation in an over priced property market.
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • jimbog
    jimbog Posts: 2,296 Forumite
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    What sort of prices of properties are you looking at?
    Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
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