Hi there,
We instructed an agent on our behalf late spring to sell our home. While in the meeting I expressed to the agent that I had no interest in selling to anyone unless we had a property lined up the other end as with the rental market so dire it would not be doable with kids, schools etc.
This guy has returned to me saying we had very limited interest in the house and the only offer we had was from the council.
He went onto to tell me the pros of selling with the council so I agreed to let them view the house followed by a valuation by same.
The agent came back last week saying that they had offered a sum but we must be out of the house within 12 weeks! He also said that other agents in the area are pedaling properties to the council and that they’ll move on should we refuse and the deal will be off the table (we get the impression forever).
I rang council and they have not returned my call. Are they in partnership with certain agents and running some kind of a racket?
Helpful replies welcome.
Thanks
BB
P.S. also our daft figures 2 weeks ago were in the region of 850 and have now dropped to 470 and seem to remain at that no matter how many times we go in and out of daft. Can agents massage daft figures?
We instructed an agent on our behalf late spring to sell our home. While in the meeting I expressed to the agent that I had no interest in selling to anyone unless we had a property lined up the other end as with the rental market so dire it would not be doable with kids, schools etc.
This guy has returned to me saying we had very limited interest in the house and the only offer we had was from the council.
He went onto to tell me the pros of selling with the council so I agreed to let them view the house followed by a valuation by same.
The agent came back last week saying that they had offered a sum but we must be out of the house within 12 weeks! He also said that other agents in the area are pedaling properties to the council and that they’ll move on should we refuse and the deal will be off the table (we get the impression forever).
I rang council and they have not returned my call. Are they in partnership with certain agents and running some kind of a racket?
Helpful replies welcome.
Thanks
BB
P.S. also our daft figures 2 weeks ago were in the region of 850 and have now dropped to 470 and seem to remain at that no matter how many times we go in and out of daft. Can agents massage daft figures?