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You talked to an estate agent to find the property you wanted to buy?
I don't know anyone who does that, it's all via online searches.
Automated platforms also suggest other properties when you view one, but say you're not interested. That algorithm is usually smarter than an individual estate agent and is more impartial (no sales-driven crap).
JonoMarshall-
I don't know anyone who does that, it's all via online searches.
I think it's a bit of an oversimplification. Things start at online searches, but from there, many twists and turns.
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I don't know anyone who does that, it's all via online searches
If you are serious about buying in hot markets, where stuff goes under offer very quickly, one of the more unpleasant things you have to do is suck up to agents with big market share in the sort of property you are trying to buy.
It feels like if you just call up when you get the Rightmove alert you are already on the "B" list.
Howard
NickCJ
It's more that the estate agent gets in those who wouldn't necessarily have considered it due to location, size, price, etc.
Obviously it's hard to tell how many of those will end up being serious and how many just go along to have a look anyway. I'd guess the best bet are those looking at a different area.
I know I viewed places that I wouldn't have looked at (particularly with the faff of booking with an online one) because the estate agent suggested them.