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Cheers. That's nearly double what my current estate agent is charging but on the other hand they haven't sold it yet.
I'm getting a bit bored of the whole thing so the cash advance thing looks tempting but it looks like they take a while to offer that at a high level (and they may not offer the full amount).
Or, does anyone want to buy my flat?
aggi
I paid 1.75 in the end.
I think they've tweaked their fees since I used them. I'd actually agreed higher than 1.75 (can't remember exactly what) as I was planning on using their advance (~= bridging loan) to buy before I sold - and they have a higher fee if they're earmarking a pot of money for you to use (that they could otherwise invest elsewhere).
But to be fair to them, when it became clear that I wouldn't need to use the advance then they offered to drop the fee (back to the 1.75). This was even after they'd listed and we'd found a buyer, and were a few days from exchange. So I think they could have probably kept quiet and made a couple of thousand more from me.