Estate Agency Closures

Banderman

It'll be much better for society as a whole if these leeches have to go out and get proper jobs. Instead of poncing on the rest of us.

Ian_Griffiths_Halifax

fatpig and Banderman, could I just ask what you do for a living?

justpurchased

I beleive you have a choice to use an estate agent or not. If you think you can sell it yourself for cheaper do it!
As for ramping up pricing, how? Surely it is the people buying at silly prices who ramp up the prices!

carolt

Lots of EA's closing round here too. At least 6 local ones in last 6 months. Still about 300% more than we need.

Ian_Griffiths_Halifax

I seriously have issues with the expensive Accident, Sickness and Unemployment policies, but I would encourage everybody to consider an Unemployment policy just now. If things are better in 12/24 months time you can always cancel it.

ad44downey

I've sympathy for miners,shipyard workers, engineers, etc ( i.e. anyone who does something worthwhile) losing their jobs. But not slimy, lying estate agents. As Carol says there's a massive oversupply of the chancers. The sooner they get their cards and go get a job in McDonalds the better.

Davesnave

I've sympathy for miners,shipyard workers, engineers, etc ( i.e. anyone who does something worthwhile) losing their jobs.

Personally, I don't see how you can rejoice in the bad economic situation affecting one small group, while at the same time 'feel sympathy' for all the others that will be similarly affected.

(I don't think you can take any group and tar them all with the same brush either, as if life were black & white with no shades of grey, but that's another point.)

The slur on those working in Mc Donalds probably isn't called for either.

ad44downey

Okay I take that back. That was a massive slur on McJobs. And the average estate agent hasn't got the skillset to get a job in McDonalds anyway, they're way under-qualified. They're probably under-qualified to sweep the streets too. I've no idea what job any of them could do in the real world.

Austin_Allegro

As far as I can tell, the dislike of estate agents comes from the fact that whilst posing as 'professionals', they are often anything but.

Pretty much everyone, myself included, has a story of going to an EA with a perfectly reasonable amount of money to spend, and being laughed at.

Now, this didn't bother me really, as I just laughed back and eventually found an agent who was helpful.

But can you imagine being laughed at by a doctor, or a lawyer, or a clergyman, or any other kind of 'professional' person if you approached them with a reasonable enquiry?

justpurchased

Austin_Allegro wrote: »

As far as I can tell, the dislike of estate agents comes from the fact that whilst posing as 'professionals', they are often anything but.

Pretty much everyone, myself included, has a story of going to an EA with a perfectly reasonable amount of money to spend, and being laughed at.

Now, this didn't bother me really, as I just laughed back and eventually found an agent who was helpful.

But can you imagine being laughed at by a doctor, or a lawyer, or a clergyman, or any other kind of 'professional' person if you approached them with a reasonable enquiry?

You don't know our doctors.;)
I think the age old problem is that they act on behalf of the seller (even though laughing is unacceptable), I struggle to think of another profession this happens in.
But you are right some are useless and the current climate will get rid of those ones. The better ones will benefit.