I feel for them - I really do :-)

[ratewhore]

Housing market looking a bit ropey:

Linky

The Daily Telegraph disclosed last month that more than 1,000 estate agent branches had closed since the start of the year. The Centre for Economics and Business Research think-tank predicts that 15,000 agents will lose their jobs this year.

That's worth an 'Oh Dear' isn't it? No? Oh well...

[Platypus]

Good Stuff - there are 5 estate agents in my small town (pop. 5000)

I suspect one will go. Two would be nice.

[DimPrawn]

This is bad news.


More failed estate agents means more new recruitment agents.

[Bagpuss]

Some of the later day agents have never had to sell a house. Anyone can be an order taker, being a salesperson in a hard market is a whole different ball game.

There was no need to use an agent during the boom.

[BrilloPad]

Once the estate agents go under, maybe the coffee houses and mobile phone shops could go too? Then we could get some individuality in towns...

[BoredBloke]

No mobile phone shops are safe - there are too many chavs for them to go under.

[BrilloPad]

No mobile phone shops are safe - there are too many chavs for them to go under.

Instead of giving them benefits as money - could we give them food vouchers instead?

[Jubber]

This is bad news.


More failed estate agents means more new recruitment agents.

LOL - a chap I know did that. Estate agent in the 80s boom - now in recruitment.