(Down here it is 4% but can taper off to 2% once a certain price is hit.)
Why do you want to sell the house ? It could be the same reason why nobody want's to buy it. As Margaret Thatcher once said "You can't buck a market"
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(Down here it is 4% but can taper off to 2% once a certain price is hit.)
Why do you want to sell the house ? It could be the same reason why nobody want's to buy it. As Margaret Thatcher once said "You can't buck a market"
Price!
Spanish Seagulls
Well-known member
I just sold a house in Weymouth using a good local Estate Agent (Domvs) who sold it within a week! They have clients registered with interest in their area which is a good headstart, I know this isn't always the case, but Purple Bricks just play the numbers game to make money. They don't have an incentive, cheap yes but you can do anything they can do yourself.
Mr Bridger
Sound of the suburbs
Agree about purple bricks, I had them round a house I'm selling at the moment and I'm getting 24k more than they valued it at. It doesn't matter if your selling for £50k or £1m they get the same figure , so the only incentive they have a to under value and shift it quick. I spent money on mine to refurb it and believe I got a premium as everything was done, so potential buyers could move straight in. I contacted local estate agents whilst this was in progress and played them off against each other to beat each other's fees. I didn't sign any contract with them, but they started ringing me up asking if they can bring prospective buyers round to view.
The first person to see it made two offers which I refused , then eventually accepted their third offer, a 24k increase on purple bricks valuation.
The first person to see it made two offers which I refused , then eventually accepted their third offer, a 24k increase on purple bricks valuation.
mikeyjh
Well-known member
Apart from getting it on to Rightmove/Zoopla - But yes, I entirely agree, that's exactly what happened when we sold end of last year. We never even put it on the open market as we weren't bothered by a quick sale and the local agent sold it....
mikeyjh
Well-known member
Frankly, I think it all depends on what you're selling and what your expectations are, horses for courses you may say! If you're struggling to get the right viewers through the door, I'm not sure how an online agent is going to help. As others have said though, price is your main variable.
8 months! How many different agents did you go through to complete that journey?