Use same Estate Agent to Buy / Sell?
Discussion
We're looking at another property in the same area that the mrs likes the look of, and a question I have is that if an offer is accepted using a specific estate agent, is it worth using them to sell your own house too?
My rationale for thinking yes is that they will be motivated to sell both properties and won't have another agent as a middleman to deal with. On the other hand, they might undervalue our property to push through a quicker sale in the chain.
What are your thoughts / experiences?
Cheers
My rationale for thinking yes is that they will be motivated to sell both properties and won't have another agent as a middleman to deal with. On the other hand, they might undervalue our property to push through a quicker sale in the chain.
What are your thoughts / experiences?
Cheers
hornetrider said:
s1962a said:
In this situation, i've made it clear to the seller our position and they seem to be ok waiting till we put our house on the market.
So no to using the same agent?
Given you are not in a position to proceed don't get attached to the house. If someone comes in who is they will simply sell it to them. So no to using the same agent?
I also did consider online agents - are they really that good as reviews suggest?
Ta
alan-87 said:
We were in an identical position. Discussed it with the agent selling the property we had found and he was happy after seeing our place that he could sell it quickly. He spoke to the house we wanted to buy and negotiated that they take it off the market for two weeks provisonally accepting our offer. We then went on with the same agent and he did exactly what he said he would.
The way we saw it was keeping it all under one agent meant they had a rather big insentive to make sure the deals went through!
Should exchange and hopefully complete this week
Thanks for this! this is very similar to our position and we are thinking of doing similar. Although upfront costs of going with the same EA seem high compared to the online places, at least they'll try and keep the sale going as it affect 2 sets of commission.The way we saw it was keeping it all under one agent meant they had a rather big insentive to make sure the deals went through!
Should exchange and hopefully complete this week
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