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National or local estate agent?

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Welshy545 · 13/08/2019 19:15

Hi, so a bit of background...our house first went on the market in April, in the middle of June we accepted an offer and put in an offer on a new house. We are due to be moving in 2 weeks! Then at the end of last week our buyers pulled out!!! Which has resulted in us losing our new house too. (I put up a rant post about this). However since then our estate agents seem to not care! They didn't even contact me, I've had to make all contact. I suggested changing to a fixed price and the response was "it's up to you", well actually I want your advice since you're meant to be the professional! I also asked twice for them to post on thier social media that our house is available again which they still have not done. The sold sign is also still up a week later! (Thier is another house in our street up for sale so anyone looking at that could of been interested in ours but have seen a sold sign!) When it was on the market I also asked for a floor plan which still has not been done!
So basically we are back at square one after wasting 4 months of our time! I am on mat leave and go back to work in December so was really hoping to have moved by then, we are moving an hour away from where we are just now to be close to my family for support, I also have dd booked in to nursery there!
Anyway we now have no idea which estate agent to change to, in your opinion is it better going with a national estate agent or one that is local to your area? We just want a sale as soon as possible and are scared to make the wrong decision!
Sorry for the long winded post!

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wowfudge · 13/08/2019 19:44

I would always choose an agent with a local office staffed by people with local knowledge. Speak to the manager of the EA and give them one last chance to put things right. Give them only a couple of days. If they don't buck their ideas up, disinstruct them - but do check the terms of the contract you have with them - and get other agents round.

lastqueenofscotland · 13/08/2019 22:15

National agents are not created equal, not all are terrible, not all local agents are good. Do your research on allagents before picking and have a good chat to a few. Which nationals did you have in mind

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