Estate Agency Closures

baby_boomer

Utter carnage in Spain as more than half of the largest EAs have closed

"...The 10 largest estate agents had 3,001 offices between them at the end of 2007, but now only 1,434 remain open. For sale or closed signs are a common sight outside former estate agents, particularly on the Costa del Sol or Costa Blanca, two regions popular with British buyers. ..

......"The closure of estate agents has been brutal," said Santiago Baena, president of the Spanish College of Estate Agents. "We always said training was essential but they ask for more training for a man selling lettuce in the market..."

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lynzpower

Couple more for you gang!

Im afraid my driving has deteriorated massively recently as Im too busy rubbernecking at closed EA branches on Londons rds ( sorry fellow london drivers)
BENHAM REEVES, London NW3 has closed its doors Im afraid to say.

ALLAN BROOKES in Cambridge Heath rd bethnal green E2 is over too.

alas....

(Ive seen loads more but this is one of the little lists I can lay my hands on )

lostinrates

lynzpower wrote: »

Couple more for you gang!

Im afraid my driving has deteriorated massively recently as Im too busy rubbernecking at closed EA branches on Londons rds ( sorry fellow london drivers)
BENHAM REEVES, London NW3 has closed its doors Im afraid to say.

ALLAN BROOKES in Cambridge Heath rd bethnal green E2 is over too.

alas....

(Ive seen loads more but this is one of the little lists I can lay my hands on )

Ooh, some one in Benham Reeves was once very rude to me when I was ill (I fainte against their wondow). I, in general hate to think of people losing their jobs but this guy (I know I'll feel bad about that in a minute but he shouted at me as I dropped to the pavement:o, didn't even let me hit the floor before he was at the door and yelling)

lynzpower

AHA! Info Found

Christopher Hall Norwich/Catton? Norwich NR7, looked like a family business.

And- this is literally a swathe out in this area Highgate/Archway London

Archway lets ( I thought letting was booming )
n7 property - Archway rd
Greenleafs Property- Archway rd

Network One - Whetstone

Belvoir! High Barnet ( again I thought they were predominantly lettings? Although maybe also they are a franchise.... hmmm cant remember)

fatpig_2

It's all good. They'll have to retrain and get proper jobs instead of their previous temporary jobs merely created to service the disastrous property bubble. That'll be good for the economy in the long run.

lynzpower

now, im never happy about anyone losing thier jobs, but warmed to see last weekend that our freinds at Bairstow Eves , Rochester, had closed their offices.

BE are literally ( ime) the pinnacle of everything wrong with the EA trade in this country ( forcing buyers to see thier brokers before viewing, lies damn lies and m,ore lies etc) so im pleased to see this little bit of chaff swept away.

Banderman

There's at least 3 times as many Estate Agents as there needs to be. These closures are totally inevitable.

Ian_Griffiths_Halifax

lynzpower wrote: »

now, im never happy about anyone losing thier jobs, but warmed to see last weekend that our freinds at Bairstow Eves , Rochester, had closed their offices.

BE are literally ( ime) the pinnacle of everything wrong with the EA trade in this country ( forcing buyers to see thier brokers before viewing, lies damn lies and m,ore lies etc) so im pleased to see this little bit of chaff swept away.

Bairstowe Eves are the ONLY estate agents in Halifax who I would recommend. They didn't, until recently, have a face to face Mortgage Adviser except for their incredibly poor telephone service that nobody wanted to use.

The staff are good, friendly and helpful too.

And NO, I don't have any vested interest. I send clients to them, but I get none from them. I think it's down to them being a franchise (or at least th one in Halifax is) and it's down to the individual Franchisees.

napoleon

Horrible oily spivs the lot of them.

No wonder this country is in such bad shape

lynzpower

Bidwells has *bid* its final farewell to the marketplace ( groan) in Patcham, Brighton.