There wasn't much discussion in the end about strategy, just advertised amount. Surely a strategy involves much more than that?

Slightly off topic, but couldn’t help but notice that in their office he’s got quite a large photo up with women with their backs to the camera, all we see are their naked bums. Don’t know if it’s a family snap, if they meet clients here, or what, but just wondering…if there’s any particular reason, professional or otherwise, for this?

🇺🇸 Im no fan of agents either believe me. I don’t see what is wrong though with the guy that said he had a potential buyer at $285k? Okay so she waited and got an offer for $300k. Good for her. I would like for someone to explain to me what the agent did that was so special? The buyers are the ones that came up with the money and made the offers.

In a lot of other countries UK people ie non native people are not allowed to buy property, full stop; only rent. Or they have strict immigration rules like Singapore has a 60% tax at purchase for foreigners and 65% for an entity or trust. This needs to be replicated in the UK

50:15 You can be politically neutral, not a ring-winger, and still end up voting for Reform. Free world, vote as you please. Only here for your & Stig's take on housing!

We've been conned with the agent saying there is a lower offer but it's cash. We took it. They changed their minds near exchange and decided they wanted a mortgage so we had the pain of this delay. If we dropped out we would have had to market it again. If you accept a stupidly high offer, you can come a cropper with the surveyor who may value it down.

The ones who tell you a high proce are over egging it to get your business. If you agree fees on the initial advertising price, not the sale price, you get caught out with higher fees. Especially if they are in a higher band. 😮

Should follow the Canadian model for more transparency!

We were conned with the one off viewing - the people came round. Of course they didn't want it. We found out after they were family of the estate agent and were doing this con for people to sign up with the agents.

Exactly. It’s an individual human being you have to choose and not the brand. I have dealt with the biggest brand and a couple estate agents 4-5and they all been terrible. Absolutely terrible. Another brand estate agent told me not to buy that particular house I love, just because I wanted to extend the living room/kitchen area. Crazy.

can't help thinking this is small beer. Going back to the 1970s on, agents were consistently & deliberately failing to actively sell desirable property, failing to pass on offers to owners, particularly if they lived away from the property for sale. I was aware of incidents where the owners were effectively defrauded, with potential buyers being told the property was either already sold, or 'under offer', so getting rid of potential buyers, which again allowed the agent to manipulate the situation. They then recommended price reductions as the property 'wasn't selling' lol & subsequently stepped in when the price was well below its true value, bought it through an intermediary & after a few months resold it at the real market price, making substantial profits. Most owners remained in the dark. One of a number of such cases of which I was aware included a property on the south coast which remained on the market for 18 months. As soon as the agent discovered a genuine potential buyer had managed to get the address of the owner, who lived some 50 miles away & was paying a bridging loan on his new house as the property remained unsold, the agents stepped in and with the solicitor, exchanged contracts(the owner didn't even know there was another 'buyer'). They had manipulated the price down to £40,000. It appeared some 6 months later under the same estate agents ad's inc' half a page in the local paper, for £89,000. The tip of a massive iceberg. So many years later most folk don't realize how nationwide & as a matter of course such fraud was perpetrated on a massive scale.

why is nobody talking about the liz truss stamp duty holiday that expires Apr 25?

At this stage he must have over 100 uploads pushing the 35% housing crash bs, however time and reality has proven this to be nothing more than sensationalist claptrap spouted out in an effort to create a social media presence. Pity the fools that paid heed to him.

Very interesting. Well done. IRELAND

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Top tip whether you're buying or selling is to exchange phone numbers with the other party. That way, each time the agents or solicitors are sitting on their hands you can both chase them. At one point both me and the seller were making twice daily calls to the same person to get them to do their job!

I think we should in some way get rid of stamp duty and have some sort of tax on the property itself like every year like some other countries do. This would also stop a big lump sum to be paid when you buy a property. Even paying a Tax every year, they should then think of getting rid of the inheritance or lowering the 40% Tax threshold, as then no one will mind paying a less tax and not really bother trying to get out of paying inheritance Tax.

Most agents take bad photos and can't write clear correct descriptions. What are the agents changing? As the client you need to check everything and keep the pressure on the agent.

This video is ridiculous! There is nothing in the so-called ‘experiment’ that shows anything other than people trying to do their job. Obviously agents are in competition, and selling houses is not rocket-science. Criticising the way people speak is unforgivable and unprofessional. Why is there no mention of commission/fee pricing?? That’s one factor that people want to consider. Variable valuations are inevitable. All this ‘who’s hungry for the sale’ and ‘who do you think you felt comfortable with’, is just flannel. A waste of time watching! 🙄

Stamp duty ? Get rid of it in increments say ivermectin Parton 10 years or 20 years that the house prices would stay more stable….

Watched most of you KZbin videos. Thanks for the helpful advise. We followed your advise and invited three local Agents for a valuation. Unfortunatly, the Agent we were most impressed with was the only one that hasn't bothered to write to us with confirmation of the valuation. We feel reluctant to give them the instruction because we feel let down that by not backing up his valuation in writing he is not 'hungry enough'

Just had friend call me about her five year fixed coming to an end. she is going to have to sell, her mortgage is going to be nearly tripled…..she won’t get a mortgage again at her age…I mention to her May be let out 2 rooms to help cover the cost….. The option is to get repossessed or to give up her job and sign on….the government can pay the interest….

And one wonders why so many Tory MP’s have been or are property agents….

This is not an experiment, it’s a trap.

Is it a good idea to go with an agent who's got a property for sale that you know you would like, then quickly put yours on the market with them, does this work out ok, or is it iffy,?? From Frances

That was brilliant. This is just the information I have been looking for and has helped me in making a decision. Not only that, but this video will explain the pros and cons of both options to the wife far better than I could have done. Thank you Charlie, I feel much more confident in putting our house on the market now.

Very good info again.