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They are right. That's not the sad part though. The sad part is the fact that those who should know better, those who are directly and adversely affected by it, those who are in a position to help stamp it out, are, unbelievably, helping to promote it. High Street agents with their own el-cheapo offering. I suppose it is literally "if you cann't beat em, join em". Dismal really, if you think about it, that those who are supposed to be professional marketers, professional sales people, professional negotiators in a high ticket market cann't compete with a billy basic model. Talk about turkeys voting for Christmas. At any given time there are only a limited amount of properties available for sale, common business sense should be telling you to make the most out of each one not less.
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17 March 2017 09:22 AM
You don't have that many properties by selling them quickly. Also, 97% of what asking price ? the original or the last one it was reduced to ?
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19 January 2017 09:24 AM
Not sure I agree totally with James above about individual agents not having enough clout. we are all capable of writing press releases, blogging and boosting social media posts on our own patches. Most of us have experiences of selling after an online failed. Get the stories out there.
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18 January 2017 12:54 PM
What is it with estate agents (not just these guys) ? that the only way they can see to be competitive is to chop their fees. To be competitive does not mean to be cheaper, it means to offer more value. There are two parts to value... cost and return. Both can be manipulated to increase value and therefore increase competitiveness. Every survey I have seen of vendors and what they want from an estate agent, low fees is way down the list. There are only so many properties on your patch that will be for sale, you can't make more, common sense tells me that I should be finding ways of getting more out of each one not less. The call centre agencies that are expanding at the moment, that is all they have to compete with.. lower fees. That's it, that is all they have. They are not local, they are not better, they don't do more, they are just cheap. But, they are getting away with it for one reason. To the public, estate agents are all the same, and if they are all the same then I may as well have the cheapest. It is a race to the bottom that you can't and don't want to win. Why would you wish to compete with them on their terms.. low fees ? those who do are falling into their trap. Failing to sufficiently and tangibly differentiate themselves from the crowd will be the death of many High Street agents. Those who are marketers not listers, merchandisers not shelf stackers, sales people not order takers, negotiators not passers on of offers, they will survive and prosper. The others ? nah !
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