7
Feb
Which Estate Agent Should You Fall For? With romance in the air
again this February we take a loving look at how you could fall
head over heels with…an estate agent.
Spring is round the corner and love is in the air. Yet
spare a thought for poor estate agents. These, often undervalued,
creatures are amongst the least likely to receive a great deal of
affection from their clients on Valentine’s Day - or any
other day for that matter.
But right at the moment, in this
taxing economic climate, good estate agents can be a bit like
perfect sweethearts. It is always best to have someone by your side
who values you, who will fight for you, who won’t answer back
- too much, who will only hang around your house when you want them
to, and has your best interests at heart. Such a person may not
make such a bad partner.
Of course there are good partners
and bad partners. Selling property well rests heavily on the
partnership built up between seller and estate agent. A good agent
will lovingly put your property on a pedestal and then negotiate
fiercely to achieve the best deal for you. On the other hand, a
lesser agent may just put your property on the internet with all
their others and then haggle to find the easiest deal all
round.
There is a great difference between
the two – often many thousands of pounds. You could come to
love the former but hate the latter. The trick is finding the right
one at the outset. It’s a bit like finding the best boyfriend
or girlfriend. They may look roughly the same but in practice they
all act very differently.
So if you are searching for the type
of estate agent you could come to love this spring invite a few
around to give you some marketing advice and see how you get on.
Then ask yourself which you would prefer, the flashy one who brags
a lot and is cheap (or expensive) or the one who you feel most
comfortable with to act in the most decent way: the one you can
come to depend on.