Monday, April 14, 2008
Shame really, they provide such a valuable service (not!)
Fear of closure for 4,000 estate agents
A third of Britain's estate agents could be forced to close this year as the number of house sales plunge. Predictions made by the biggest network of independent estate agencies, Movewithus, estimates that around 4,000 of the country's 12,000 property businesses will shut by December.
Posted by landedgentry @ 12:29 PM (684 views)
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pecker says:
Estate agents.. losing jobs??? At the end of housing bubble?? Surely not?? Whod have thought it… YAWN!! What now?? Anyone for squash???
Littledeb says:
Hey, maybe Gordo and crew can bail them out. Isn’t that the usual course of action of late?
Agentimmo says:
Not surprised. France’s EA body, the FNAIM, reckon up to 50% could go over there and get back to the number of EA’s before the bubble – pre 2000. Don’t see why the UK should be any different.
montesquieu says:
The feeling on reading this is exactly what the word ‘schaddenfreude’ was invented to describe ….
doomwatch says:
Only the EAs who adopt a sensible pricing (down) policy maintain cash flow. Those who fail to adopt this policy, I’m
thinking the likes of Poxtons, will go under.
inbreda says:
Does anyone know why pecker frequents this site? He doesn’t seem to be in the slightest bit interested in the topic. He must have an awful lot of time on his hands.
Guess he must be an estate agent.
talking rot says:
Will Krusty and Phil Spectre be starting a new series: “Employment, Employment, Employment?”
greytornado says:
Serves ’em right, many will say. I always thought that they were part of the problem anyway.
it_is_going_with_a_bang says:
There’s just to many of them. Simple business economics.