Bloody Estate Agents

[JoJoGabor]

Just had a phonecall from "Clare" at some spurious agency I viewed a house with at the weekend suggesting random houses to me over the phone. After her 3rd pitiful attempt I said, look I'll look online and call you if anything looks nice.

Is this normal behaviour? Just suggests to me that they are desparate to drum up some transactions and/or look busy?

[Pondlife]

Just had a phonecall from "Clare" at some spurious agency I viewed a house with at the weekend suggesting random houses to me over the phone. After her 3rd pitiful attempt I said, look I'll look online and call you if anything looks nice.

Is this normal behaviour? Just suggests to me that they are desparate to drum up some transactions and/or look busy?

Samething happened to me last week.

[Zippy]

They'll be on a commission and need to look busy - just like pimps.

[norrahe]

I get phone calls and letters from the guys I bought my house off every so often.

[BrilloPad]

Just had a phonecall from "Clare" at some spurious agency I viewed a house with at the weekend suggesting random houses to me over the phone. After her 3rd pitiful attempt I said, look I'll look online and call you if anything looks nice.

Is this normal behaviour? Just suggests to me that they are desparate to drum up some transactions and/or look busy?

Sounds like they were trying to be helpful. Once you asked them to stop calling did they stop?

[JoJoGabor]

They seem to be worse than recruitment agents. I will need to get a pay as you go SIM jsut for dealing with estate agents now.

[Clippy]

Should have told her you are changing your number and given her the telephone number of a pimp you don't like.

[nomadd]

Just had a phonecall from "Clare" at some spurious agency I viewed a house with at the weekend suggesting random houses to me over the phone. After her 3rd pitiful attempt I said, look I'll look online and call you if anything looks nice.

Is this normal behaviour? Just suggests to me that they are desparate to drum up some transactions and/or look busy?

Just tell her you are waiting for the house price crash to run it's full course.

Nomadd

[hyperD]

Likely phrases you'll hear from EAs:

"Green shoots of recovery"

"Definite signs of a buyers' market"

"Market starting to upturn"

"Confidence is returning"

Then ask them about sales volumes. That should shut them up.


Last death throes of a dying breed of chancers.

[Ruse]

Likely phrases you'll hear from EAs:

"Green shoots of recovery"

"Definite signs of a buyers' market"

"Market starting to upturn"

"Confidence is returning"

Then ask them about sales volumes. That should shut them up.


Last death throes of a dying breed of chancers.

I was speaking an EA yesterday as I was viewing a house and he assured me that "prices are going to go up for the next 2 years". He must have been a clairvoyant as none else has a clue which way prices are really going right now.

I find it's best to treat everything that comes out of EA's mouths as white noise.