Monday, 2 May 2016

You should never pay estate commission, and here’s why

You should never pay estate commission, and here’s why


You should never pay estate commission, and here’s why:

Selling your house? Two things jump right out:

“I need to get it listed on RightMove,” and “I’ll have to pay a fortune in commissions.”

Only one of these statements is true.

Online listings reach buyers worldwide

Buyers are online, searching listings from far and wide, browsing for one which captures their imagination and they can see themselves living happily in. They enter their criteria and consume the photos hungrily, knowing their ideal property is just one click away.

Buyers are not lining up at the local agency office, begging to see the big book of listings.

The market has changed, because buyer expectations have changed.

Why haven’t seller expectations changed with them? The days of calling the local agent and having them over for a coffee are gone. To be listed on RightMove you do need to go through an agency, but it definitely doesn’t need to be a commission hungry agency stuck in an old fashioned billing model.

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