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20/01/2006
Optimum Real Estate 'move in' on NI estate agencies
An internet-based estate agency for Northern Ireland homeowners is currently offering flat-rate fees, promising savings for people selling their home.
In 2004, sellers paid an estimated £28 million in fees to traditional estate agents in a single year, according to Trevor Patterson, the head of an internet-based business trying to muscle in on the market.
Promising substantial savings the web-based Optimum Real Estate, set up by Mr Patterson, offers sellers fixed price packages - Basic at £199 & Standard at £359.
Trevor said: "I do not know why conventional estate agents charge so much. Estate agents are very important to the whole selling operation. However, there is only a certain cost to what we do - mostly to do with training and advertising.
"Why should it cost more to sell a more expensive property? It remains largely a fixed cost for each property. I fail to understand why conventional estate agency fees are based on the price of the property, and rise as the price of the property rises."
He said: "Do conventional estate agents treat more expensive properties differently in some way? If so, are less expensive properties losing out?"
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In 2004, sellers paid an estimated £28 million in fees to traditional estate agents in a single year, according to Trevor Patterson, the head of an internet-based business trying to muscle in on the market.
Promising substantial savings the web-based Optimum Real Estate, set up by Mr Patterson, offers sellers fixed price packages - Basic at £199 & Standard at £359.
Trevor said: "I do not know why conventional estate agents charge so much. Estate agents are very important to the whole selling operation. However, there is only a certain cost to what we do - mostly to do with training and advertising.
"Why should it cost more to sell a more expensive property? It remains largely a fixed cost for each property. I fail to understand why conventional estate agency fees are based on the price of the property, and rise as the price of the property rises."
He said: "Do conventional estate agents treat more expensive properties differently in some way? If so, are less expensive properties losing out?"
(SP)
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