With any major purchase decision there are a number of psychological decision-making stages that we, as buyers, go through. Buying a property is the biggest and most drawn out purchase decision most of us make in our entire lives. So understanding these stages can...
Purple Bricks – a different approach Unlike conventional High Street estate agents, some newer online agents like Purple Bricks charge a flat fee at the outset rather than taking commission based on the actual sale achieved. This is a radical...
Estate agents’ fees Competition between local estate agents is normally pretty fierce. Yet most turn over large sums and seem to do very nicely financially come rain or shine. For some agents the primary objective is to get the most ‘instructions’...
Sole and multiple agency Most people wanting to sell their property via an estate agent start by appointing a single agent – an arrangement known as ‘sole agency’. Here the appointed agent is the only estate agent with the right to sell your...
Sole or multiple agency? Should you appoint just one estate agent? Or is there a better chance of achieving a sale by using two or even three simultaneously? Most sellers appoint a single agent, until things get a bit desperate and 2 or more agents are...
Loft Conversions have never been more popular – here’s why With so many of us now working from home there’s a massive need for adding ‘office space’. Converting your loft is an obvious solution as as most are just wasted...
By arranging your home survey directly online - rather than via a mortgage lender - you can save the large chunk of the survey fee that the banks normally keep. They may still want to instruct a valuer to carry out their mortgage valuation, but don’t let them try to sell you an expensive Homebuyer or Building Survey from one of the large, target-driven, corporate firms on their 'panel'.
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