Backstory: trying to sell our house to relocate 600 miles to DH new job before baby is born in June.
Exchanged on 3 bed det house with garage and garden for £206k in Feb 16, completed October. New build, we put in luxury tiling etc. No new builds of this type available unless you pay £250k for a 4 bed, and the older properties in our area tend to not be detached and don't have parking.
Been on market for 3 weeks, 220k, now 218k. On with an online agent who attends viewings, he is hard to contact I think and some viewings fell away because of that. Had some very helpful advice about it maybe being overpriced via mumsnet which I accept. We have had 4 viewings via that agent, 3 are no's for genuine reasons (ie no parking for a camper van), 1 which we have no feedback from Saturday but they seemed interested, and another booked for Friday. So DH maintains that the price must be somewhat acceptable.
Dilemma:
We are going to go with a traditional agent, and I can't decide which. The Crux is 210k is the lowest we can accept, as after EA fees and solicitors we will still be making a loss overall, but salvageable to buy something else (if we don't port our mortgage within 3 months we also have to pay the bank an additional 4K in ERC - hence why we can't make a massive loss)
Which agent would you pick? Neither will budge on commission and contract 12 weeks.
Agent A:
-Sold lots in our price range within a week or two recently and for asking price
-Seemed positive when they visited
-will edit photos to brighten them and fix grass etc
-do viewings 7 days a week
-seem convinced they can get asking of 210
Cons
-want us to list at 210 and not 215 which I'm worried is too low and automatically limits us to being in a financially tight spot and there's no way really to say offers 210-215 I don't think....
- say they have 24 people to hot phone about the property....
Agent B
Pros
-appear proactive, but could also be just trying to win us over. E.g. when then weather was nice offered to go round and take photos.
- want to market at 215 but say will likely get offers 5% lower...
-apparently have 137 people to hot phone but again not sure how much of that is bending the truth
Cons
- £200 odd extra to have a professional photographer take photos and be featured listing for 2 weeks. But they don't photoshop any pics otherwise.
- don't seem to have a strong record of selling in our price point and location other than one recently
-didn't seem that positive about our house when he actually came round.
DH says put it on with agent A for 215, but agent A is saying that's only a 3k drop and won't generate any new interest so they say 210.
What would you do? Agent A or Agent B? 210 or 215?
Would you leave it on with the online agent as they are getting viewings (but match the price to the traditional one) or take it off completely?