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Trevor Cooper

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About Me

Full-time consultant having joint-partnered a successful new agency in 1996

my expertise in the industry

34 years conveyancing and estate agency

Trevor's Recent Activity

Someone I know working in a commercial property agency regularly takes what she calls "duvet days" without compunction. Does no-one actually WANT to go to work any more?

From: Trevor Cooper 18 April 2024 13:32 PM

Should the headline be "Paying more for less"?

From: Trevor Cooper 26 March 2024 08:22 AM

Now watch all those "No win, no fee" parasites jump on board this.

From: Trevor Cooper 19 March 2024 10:29 AM

"It comes after her own sale fell-through..." There speaketh volumes. It's a fallacy that agents increase prices to earn a measly extra bit of commission. Agents want sales. Far better to sell quickly at a reasonable price and move on to the next one!

From: Trevor Cooper 30 August 2022 13:32 PM

Who said anything about a housing market crash? Slow down, but not crash. Obviously out to sensationalise everything just to hear the sound of his own voice.

From: Trevor Cooper 30 August 2022 13:28 PM

Who said anything about a housing market crash? Slow down, but not crash. Obviously out to sensationalise everything just to hear the sound of his own voice.

From: Trevor Cooper 30 August 2022 12:57 PM

I have worked on both sides of the fence at different times and for many years. The comments above over-simplify the issue. In my view, estate agents need to supply a property information pack up-front, and conveyancers should allow the purchaser to pay a deposit and for both vendor and purchaser to sign binding conditions of sale subject to the satisfactory legal formalities being completed in 15 working days. If there is a problem with the property's title, the purchaser has the option of withdrawing and the return of his deposit, or both vendor and purchaser agreeing to a defined extension to try and rectify the problem.

From: Trevor Cooper 04 May 2022 12:45 PM

Unscrupulous estate agents posing as buyers soon track down confidential sales, ie off-the-market properties and send what I've always called begging letters with stories of buyers who will only deal through them.

From: Trevor Cooper 27 April 2022 17:32 PM

Totally right. A lot of people believe they understand legalese, or else interpret it to what they want it to be. I worked for 12 years in conveyancing and 25 years in estate agency and know the pitfalls. One of the first lessons I was taught when looking at legal contracts was not only to look at what is written, but to look at what isn't written.

From: Trevor Cooper 24 April 2022 11:19 AM

And so workers are prepared to take a 20% pay cut?? No, I didn't think so, leaving the consumer to pay more for work that will take longer to complete.

From: Trevor Cooper 23 April 2022 12:24 PM

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From: Trevor Cooper 17 March 2022 15:42 PM

… and part of that disciplined attitude to save is understanding that the world does not owe them a house.

From: Trevor Cooper 17 March 2022 07:58 AM

It isn't just about walking past Greggs, it's about having a disciplined attitude to save.

From: Trevor Cooper 17 March 2022 07:55 AM

People who can afford to buy additional properties should not complain at having to pay additional stamp duty. Many first-time buyers are outpriced by them in the market and a long-term investment in property is a tangible investment that cannot disappear overnight, provides a regular return on the investment and capital appreciation.

From: Trevor Cooper 15 March 2022 09:31 AM

Estate agents and conveyancing lawyers in Guernsey in the Channel Islands have been operating the highest due diligence levels since 1999, no matter how many shell companies and other red herrings are involved are involved. No beneficial owner or no reliable source of funds means no conveyance. And yet English politicians - and others - accuse us of being havens for dirty money. Sort out your own house you hypocrites!

From: Trevor Cooper 10 March 2022 08:15 AM

"...or else sell up". Thereby laundering their dirty money. The crooks will be rubbing their hands together.

From: Trevor Cooper 10 March 2022 08:09 AM

Auctions work well in an active market but not in a slow market. And what is the point of the auction if the buyers then struggle to get a mortgage. The property is then labelled as having failed to sell at auction, when it's not the property at fault.

From: Trevor Cooper 04 March 2022 09:37 AM

These figures reflect completed sales that were already done deals before mortgage and inflation rate rises.

From: Trevor Cooper 03 March 2022 16:14 PM

Does it mean properties cannot be advertised as Price On Application? And what about properties up for auction, and the Scottish system of Offers In Excess Of?

From: Trevor Cooper 21 February 2022 11:46 AM

"It’s a modern and contemporary space that will hopefully encourage people to come in, relax and have a coffee" What? Like Foxtons?

From: Trevor Cooper 18 February 2022 10:44 AM

ZZZZzzzzz….. ZZZZzzzzz…..

From: Trevor Cooper 10 February 2022 08:16 AM

I'm pretty sure Trust Pilot were shown up in the past as giving a top rating to a restaurant that didn't even exist. Another restaurateur set it up as a hoax to prove his point.

From: Trevor Cooper 08 February 2022 18:11 PM

ditto Kirsty isn't saying giving up those things will earn you a deposit. If the people who regularly buy those and other 'must-haves' don't already have any savings of their own then they only have themselves to blame.

From: Trevor Cooper 08 February 2022 18:02 PM

Excessive mortgage lending, galloping inflation, rising interest rates and massive fuel hikes... sound familiar? This is how the 2007 global financial crash started.

From: Trevor Cooper 04 February 2022 10:59 AM

Well considered remarks and bang on the money. Excessive mortgage lending is fuelling the market and will come at a cost - an unaffordable cost for a lot of homeowners.

From: Trevor Cooper 11 January 2022 10:47 AM

Blimey, I don't know what type of presents he expects for Christmas! As for choosing a house large enough to accommodate guests... utter rubbish, unless you're going into the Guest House business. I tell first- and second-time buyers to buy a house that suits their day-to-day lifestyle. There are plenty of years ahead to buy a house fit for entertaining.

From: Trevor Cooper 31 December 2021 13:09 PM

But the value of other houses have gone up pro-rata, leaving hone-owners short of funds if they want to move house.

From: Trevor Cooper 09 December 2021 07:48 AM

Nice idea, but nothing new about it. We did the same on our first Christmas in business... 25 years ago.

From: Trevor Cooper 30 November 2021 09:08 AM

Just how many platitudes can you milk?

From: Trevor Cooper 21 November 2021 14:58 PM

What a load of baubles!

From: Trevor Cooper 09 November 2021 18:41 PM

They've always had this system in Sweden.

From: Trevor Cooper 15 September 2021 10:58 AM

SmartVal is powered in part by The ValPal Network’s valuation tool, owned by Angels Media, PUBLISHER OF ESTATE AGENT TODAY... so regrettably we can expect to see a lot more of these adverts.

From: Trevor Cooper 06 September 2021 16:54 PM

Quelle surprise

From: Trevor Cooper 06 August 2021 18:52 PM

This generation might be able to save if it were not so fixated on the latest must-have phones and gadgets, small-screen film subscriptions, gap years, celeb-style weddings and continental stag and hed parties... the list goes on and often funded by easy but expensive credit. I had a well-paid 9-5 job when saving for a deposit and still worked three evenings a week serving in a bar.

From: Trevor Cooper 01 July 2021 17:39 PM

The tweet doesn't say an agent is involved. It's probably being offered privately and the owner wants to avoid the general public's ingrained perception of time-wasters.

From: Trevor Cooper 10 June 2021 10:09 AM

The current high prices of residential properties is led by mortgage providers allowing 5 times even 5.5 times joint salary products, throwing more money in an already heated market. My first mortgage was based on 3 times my salary, with no account for my wife's salary. The market price of houses reflected what buyers could afford.

From: Trevor Cooper 02 June 2021 10:30 AM

Watch house prices rise!!

From: Trevor Cooper 20 May 2021 14:14 PM

Rubbish! The first question sellers ask is about fees.

From: Trevor Cooper 11 May 2021 08:13 AM

Can anyone with a company name like WiggyWam be taken seriously?

From: Trevor Cooper 03 March 2021 10:09 AM

I've never thought much of any professional who slings sticks and stones at the opposition.

From: Trevor Cooper 26 February 2021 17:07 PM

Those who can, do; those who can't, teach; those who can do neither become critics, and the rest try and tell us how to do our jobs better.

From: Trevor Cooper 10 February 2021 09:34 AM

Most buyers, first time or otherwise, are too emotionally involved to try and be overly clever with negotiations. It's easy to say otherwise after the fact, but some are better than others and that won't change, no matter how many times anyone buys a house.

From: Trevor Cooper 10 February 2021 09:24 AM

These surveys always herald opinion that benefits the commissioner of the survey, or its client base.

From: Trevor Cooper 03 February 2021 12:09 PM

They say, "It’s not your fault that your home has gone up in value but equally it has been lucky for you that it has." So, with that logic, would they campaign to compensate every homeowner had the market bombed out? I doubt it.

From: Trevor Cooper 03 February 2021 12:06 PM

Of course, the many thousands of pounds they'll make out of franchising to the multitude who think estate agency is just like Location x 3 and Escape to the Country has nothing to do with this..(?)

From: Trevor Cooper 19 January 2021 08:52 AM

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