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Feb
Which Estate Agent Should You Fall For ?
With romance in the air
again this February Nick Churton of Mayfair
Office takes a loving look at how we could fall head over heels
with…an estate agent.
Spring is round the
corner and love is in the air. Yet spare a thought for poor estate
agents. These, often undervalued, creatures are amongst the least
likely to receive a great deal of affection from their clients on
Valentine’s Day - or any other day for that matter.
But right at the
moment, in this dire economic climate, good estate agents can be a
bit like perfect sweethearts. It is always best to have
someone by your side who values you, who will fight for you, who
won’t answer back - too much, who will only hang around your
house when you want them to, and has all your best interests at
heart. Such a person may not make such a bad partner.
Of course there are
good partners and bad partners. Selling property well rests
heavily on the partnership built up between seller and estate
agent. A good agent will lovingly put your property on a
pedestal and then negotiate fiercely to achieve the best deal for
you. On the other hand, a lesser agent may just put your
property on the internet with all their others and then haggle to
find the easiest deal all round.
There is a great
difference between the two – often many thousands of
pounds. You could come to love the former but hate the
latter. The trick is finding the right one at the outset.
It’s a bit like finding the best boyfriend or
girlfriend. They may look roughly the same but in practice
they all act very differently.
So if you are
searching for the type of estate agent you could come to love this
spring invite a few around to give you some marketing advice and
see how you get on. Then ask yourself which you would prefer, the
flashy one who brags a lot and is cheap or the one who you feel
most comfortable with to act in the most decent way: the one you
can come to depend on.
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