We have had 3 agents in to price nothing between them to be honest except when we looked on Right Move couldnt find one of the agents listings.
Haggle on the fees the lowest we were quoted was £1500 our house is valued at £200k the highest fee quoted was £1900. We managed toget all fees down to £1250 when we rang to tell the 2 agents who we didn't want, that their services weren't needed one of them instantly came down to £800.
Also I didn't want a long exclusivity deal the one we were going to go with had a 16 week lock in the one we are now going with said he would do it for 6 weeks or whatever we wanted.
All have said they could sell our house quickly (we will see) but we got the agents fighting between themselves to sell it which has been good for us.
I will watch very closely the agent we have chosen just because I am getting a cut price deal I will still expect a great service or I will give him the boot.
I am a hard nosed business woman.
The whole process costs such a lot of money so remember to haggle and tell them what you want, and don't sign anything until you have read the contract also tell them if there is something you don't like don't be intimidated.
