Comments on: Estate Agents Are Slipperier Than A Lubed Penis

By: Bobby

Bobby — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:22:50 +0000

I’m a director of well established estate agency and also well to do (goes without saying)… i for one dislike untruthful estate and letting agents.. but do support creative marketing!

We love gumtree!

By: Dr Nogood

Dr Nogood — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:16:07 +0000

I like your last post James…being a little further down the food chain I can’t wait for what you want for Estate Agents…for Landlords!

By: Dr Nogood

Dr Nogood — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:16:07 +0000

I like your last post James…being a little further down the food chain I can’t wait for what you want for Estate Agents…for Landlords!

By: James

James — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:16:22 +0000

Well it doesn’t need me to put the boot into agents but this sort of thing is common practice.

The sooner there is a compulsory regulatory body for estate agents akin to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors the better.

So why do people continue to use estate agents? We’re shortly launching a Private Property Sales portal and if nothing else I hope it puts pressure on agents to offer better value for money – unfortunately it may not change their practices.

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By: Twattybollocks

Twattybollocks — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:02:52 +0000

Hey Sycorax – hope you were not using my name in vain!! lol :)

Twattybollocks

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:03:00 +0000

Marie – that is scary. Just imagine quite a few people may just take them up on that rather than checking their original paperwork!

By: Dan Harrison

Dan Harrison — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:17:45 +0000

Unfortunately, tactics just like of those mentioned above do nothing for the reputation of Estate Agents. These agents think they are being creative when trying to get leads, but they fail to see the damage they cause.

Another one that gets me on my soapbox are cold callers (in person or by phone). Don’t get me started on them. So tempted by this: http://www.truecall.co.uk/

Dan

By: sycorax

sycorax — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:11:57 +0000

I hate them! Grr!

By: sycorax

sycorax — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:11:06 +0000

Tell you another horrid trick they did tome. I advertised my flat on Gumtree the other day, in response to a really convincing-sounding ad placed by a person wanting to live in my area. I emailed them and got a twatty estate agent email:

‘Excuse the direct approach, but we noticed you are definitely searching for tenants and this area and…twattybollocks flim-flam twunty-tops…’

So basically the agents are now posing as tenants in the ‘wanted’ sections of Gumtree to piss us all off even more. They actually believe we would use someone that duplicitous as the agent to ‘represnt’ our property. Let’s all go to The Sun!

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:10:47 +0000

Glad to be of service :)
Been reading some of your posts re mortgage rates. I have just had a letter from my lender as my fixed rate is expiring – they are trying to persuade me onto a rate of BOE base + 4.44%. Now my mortgage is reverting to a rate stipulated in my mortage offer of BOE base + 1.25% for the life of the loan with no penalties. Why do they waste the ink?