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Hipsters can't afford to buy and sell houses.
I think it's a combination of the 0 commission offer and the fact that they are valuing properties way, way higher than haart and local agencies.
Hipsters can't afford to buy and sell houses.
Keatings at least already have answered with a 0% commission rate of their own.94% is a high %.. higher valuation bands (they work in 25,000s at the lower end) can always be negotiated down. Every buyer knows there is a Foxton's premium. They also know that is a prop doesn't sell and it is closing in on end of 0% commission time, you can offer (at the every least the balance in commission between 2.5% and a local agent) so the buyer doesn't have to pay Foxton's more..
It means if you want to buy in the Brixton area you will almost certainly have to buy through Foxton's.. who will then be able to claim a higher and more recent sales record than any other agent. And so it will continue. Moving forward other agents will start adopting sharper practices to survive..
Have they? Their flyer two weeks ago warned sellers not to sign up to 0% deals with locally inexperienced agents.Keatings at least already have answered with a 0% commission rate of their own.
Pretty sure I saw a poster of theirs with a prominent 0% on it. Could have misread it of course.Have they? Their flyer two weeks ago warned sellers not to sign up to 0% deals with locally inexperienced agents.
I think you may have done. They launched a campaign which targeted Foxtons 0% deal without naming Foxtons. It had a big 0% on it but basically suggested that the 0% deal was for suckers. Reckon the 0% deal must be hard to resist if you are selling.Pretty sure I saw a poster of theirs with a prominent 0% on it. Could have misread it of course.
You could well be right, yeah.I think you may have done. They launched a campaign which targeted Foxtons 0% deal without naming Foxtons. It had a big 0% on it but basically suggested that the 0% deal was for suckers. Reckon the 0% deal must be hard to resist if you are selling.
its what Fucksticks do though right? Value everything higher and its a vicious circle, seller is told foxtons will get them more, they go with foxtons, they have more control over the market... I have been burnt to the tune of many thousands twice after Foxtons interfered with a purchase.
Sadly they got the valuation for the flat we're currently in spot on, didn't take more than 2 weeks for the landlady to get her asking price.I think people are aware of how shitty Foxtons are though, I would never sell my house through them.
When I sold my flat in Loughborough Junction, Oliver Burns in Herne Hill valued it much much higher than Haarts in Brixton or Burnet Ware in Herne Hill who both came in at the same price.
I went with Haarts & Burnet Ware on a joint deal, sold at a fair price in 3 weeks. Downstairs neighbour sold his a year later through Oliver Burn who overvalued it and it took him months to shift.
Foxtons sold a friends flat in Clapham, reeled him in on a high valuation and over the next couple of months devalued it by 25%
I think people are aware of how shitty Foxtons are though, I would never sell my house through them.
When I sold my flat in Loughborough Junction, Oliver Burns in Herne Hill valued it much much higher than Haarts in Brixton or Burnet Ware in Herne Hill who both came in at the same price.
I went with Haarts & Burnet Ware on a joint deal, sold at a fair price in 3 weeks. Downstairs neighbour sold his a year later through Oliver Burn who overvalued it and it took him months to shift.
Foxtons sold a friends flat in Clapham, reeled him in on a high valuation and over the next couple of months devalued it by 25%
There's some overlap, but no, they're not.hipsters are a subset of yuppies, to my mind.
Indeed most are. Though you do see some 30/40 somethings that manage both. Worst of both worldsHipsters are far too, well, hip to be yuppies.
They sure seem to get up your goat if nothing elseHipsters don't seem to be much of anything.
Yuppies having some sort of early mid-life crisis. Poor lambs.Indeed most are. Though you do see some 30/40 somethings that manage both. Worst of both worlds![]()
Is 40 something early for a mid-life crisis?Yuppies having some sort of early mid-life crisis. Poor lambs.![]()
Bang on time I reckon. Why, you having one or planning to have one?Is 40 something early for a mid-life crisis?![]()
I think 40s fine Rushy tbh, I was covering myself though as TruXta also mentioned 30-somethings.Is 40 something early for a mid-life crisis?![]()
Not really, although their general lack of political interest is disappointing.They sure seem to get up your goat if nothing else![]()
Who are you referring to really? Honestly curious. It's not like hipsters are a demography that is clearly defined.Not really, although their general lack of political interest is disappointing.
Bang on time I reckon. Why, you having one or planning to have one?
Phew. Thought I might be peaking early...I think 40s fine Rushy tbh, I was covering myself though as TruXta also mentioned 30-somethings.
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