Thedelldays Posted 17 December, 2009 Posted 17 December, 2009 am going into the estate agents with my forms to sign to put my place on the market... the last 6 months, the house prices have been creeping up and mortgages are slowly a tad easier to get.. anyone sold a property recently...if so, was it fairly easy..? also, HIPs, solicitors and agent fees are a bloody rip off
benjii Posted 17 December, 2009 Posted 17 December, 2009 am going into the estate agents with my forms to sign to put my place on the market... the last 6 months, the house prices have been creeping up and mortgages are slowly a tad easier to get.. anyone sold a property recently...if so, was it fairly easy..? also, HIPs, solicitors and agent fees are a bloody rip off Do it all yourself then!
ottery st mary Posted 17 December, 2009 Posted 17 December, 2009 Do not allow the estate agents to charge you more than 1% on sale of the property. You could sell it yourself and save the estate agents fee..For example Houseweb.com. It is with your for sale board and on quite a few sites on the internet. £100 approx. You then do all the wheeling and dealing except for the Solicitor bit. Hipps is about £400 approx. COYRs
Gemmel Posted 17 December, 2009 Posted 17 December, 2009 am going into the estate agents with my forms to sign to put my place on the market... the last 6 months, the house prices have been creeping up and mortgages are slowly a tad easier to get.. anyone sold a property recently...if so, was it fairly easy..? also, HIPs, solicitors and agent fees are a bloody rip off Shop around on the hips, there is loads of deals ,ranging from really cheap, to don't pay until you sell
SO16_Saint Posted 18 December, 2009 Posted 18 December, 2009 Do not allow the estate agents to charge you more than 1% on sale of the property. You could sell it yourself and save the estate agents fee..For example Houseweb.com. It is with your for sale board and on quite a few sites on the internet. £100 approx. You then do all the wheeling and dealing except for the Solicitor bit. Hipps is about £400 approx. COYRs houseweb.com is absolutely w@nk. If you want to sell your house, use a proper High Street Estate Agent. You will pay slightly more, but you will sell your house. Paying 1.5 (ish) of SOMETHING is better than 1% of NOTHING
Thedelldays Posted 18 December, 2009 Author Posted 18 December, 2009 yourmove here in plymouth are charging 1.5% if I wait till the new year, most agent fees here in plymouth are going up to 2%...add that to the VAT increase... will be going in later...hope it sells before the summer
SO16_Saint Posted 18 December, 2009 Posted 18 December, 2009 yourmove here in plymouth are charging 1.5% if I wait till the new year, most agent fees here in plymouth are going up to 2%...add that to the VAT increase... will be going in later...hope it sells before the summer what have you got to sell? Have a look on www.zoopla.co.uk to see a (sometimes) realistic sale price. 1.5% isn't that bad tbh.
OldNick Posted 18 December, 2009 Posted 18 December, 2009 I sold a house in the last couple of months and got 1% through a local agent. Property is in short supply and so the agents are gagging to get them on the books. I suggest the independants are more likely to deal. I beleive you are right to sell , but dont think prices will be going up but down in the next few months.
Foxstone Posted 18 December, 2009 Posted 18 December, 2009 I sold a house in the last couple of months and got 1% through a local agent. Property is in short supply and so the agents are gagging to get them on the books. I suggest the independants are more likely to deal. I beleive you are right to sell , but dont think prices will be going up but down in the next few months. In my experience, that is certainly the case. A good little local company will give you a better deal and indeed service! HIP was a bloody rip off but otherwise as others have said, there is so little property to sell (but a rising number of people who want to buy) that you should experience no difficulty.
Thedelldays Posted 18 December, 2009 Author Posted 18 December, 2009 In my experience, that is certainly the case. A good little local company will give you a better deal and indeed service! HIP was a bloody rip off but otherwise as others have said, there is so little property to sell (but a rising number of people who want to buy) that you should experience no difficulty. The guy from yourmove came round and could not stress enough that they are short of places to sell as people are holding on to them... he did say that it would be no problem to sell either..(im sure he would say that) and that mortgages are becoming easier to get
Foxstone Posted 18 December, 2009 Posted 18 December, 2009 The guy from yourmove came round and could not stress enough that they are short of places to sell as people are holding on to them... he did say that it would be no problem to sell either..(im sure he would say that) and that mortgages are becoming easier to get That is so but shop around! At the moment with banks/building Societies, there does seem a culture of creaming as much in as they can for obvious reasons.
Big John Posted 18 December, 2009 Posted 18 December, 2009 The last time we moved house the market was buoyant and we couldn't get anyone to budge on their rates, not even for joint agency. wqhat we did get though was a shorter term contract, that was what clinched it for us. After a few weeks of viewings to no avail we gave them 7 days notice and lo and behold a whole new wave of potential buyers were found! I'm pretty sure that agents have 'friends' who bump the figures but once you have that early get out clause you have them by the round things imho. Tell them you want a 30 day contract (with a 7 day notice period).
Whitey Grandad Posted 19 December, 2009 Posted 19 December, 2009 The guy from yourmove came round and could not stress enough that they are short of places to sell as people are holding on to them... he did say that it would be no problem to sell either..(im sure he would say that) and that mortgages are becoming easier to get To get the good rates you would need 25% deposit, maybe 20% if you have a special banking deal. Lower deposit mortgages are available from a few lenders but the rate can be up around 6%
fromthedell Posted 20 December, 2009 Posted 20 December, 2009 most estate agents will let you have hip for free if you agree they are sole agents and sell with then
Wildgoose Posted 24 December, 2009 Posted 24 December, 2009 The guy from yourmove came round and could not stress enough that they are short of places to sell as people are holding on to them... he did say that it would be no problem to sell either..(im sure he would say that) and that mortgages are becoming easier to get Both of those are true. We have just sold my Dad's house and it went quickly at close to what we were asking. That was in Poole.
tpbury Posted 26 December, 2009 Posted 26 December, 2009 Estate agents work for the seller in a seller's market and for a buyer in a buyer's market. In any market, they work for themselves. Who can blame them, other than every one I've ever met (and I've met a few) are unscrupulous, devious, lying shhiit heads
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