Estate agents’ average commission fee rises to 1.5%
Agents in Kensington & Chelsea tend to charge a higher percentage than anywhere else in the country (2.32%) and earn the highest commission amount per sale (£32,430).
The average estate agency’s sales commission is 1.2%
But there's a pretty broad range between different regions. Agents in five postcodes manage to bag fees in excess of £30,000 per property sale
Estate agents are ‘the most stressed profession’ in Britain
Three new surveys tell us that estate agents are the No.1 most stressed profession in Britain, and the fifth least-trusted.
Most property vendors believe that traditional estate agents ‘represent good value for money’
69% of recent sellers who used a traditional high street estate agency thought that the fees represented good value
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