So a question about choosing an estate agent to help sell a property.
We are in Scotland and selling house for first time. The whole getting house ready for viewing thing each week is going to be rather strenuous since we have a (very sweet) toddler and so our house is usually amiable chaos, so we are interested in getting offers and missives concluded quickly.
We are choosing between two agents in particular . Looked at several but these struck us as best. Looking at the whole fee breakdown (including marketing, VAT, sale fees, purchase fees, etc) agent A is nearly £1,000 more than agent B. But agent A has successfully had an identical property to ours under offer within a week of going to market, in the last month (identical house layout as ours and everything, and it even went to closing dates and competing offers), and beat home report value - and last year sold another property on our street also exceeding home report value. Agent A is really demonstrably good at getting prospective buyers, notes of interest, and rapid sales at great prices.
Putting it like that I suppose it sounds idiotic to hesitate! But £945 sounds like a big difference to me.
Both agents are helpful, available, and I could see us liking to work with either. Both seem to know the market very well. Agent B has a huge number of properties on the market lately - they have the lowest fees of any agent so get a lot of sellers going with them. They do have good testimonials, though I don't know anyone personally who used them.
Any thoughts welcome!
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BucketofDinosaurs · 15/02/2014 21:59
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