Sellers Behaving Badly: Buying agency warns of 'an increasing trend towards vendors changing the goalposts at the last moment'
Bill Spreckley of Stacks Property Search has some sage advice for house-hunters dealing with tricky vendors.
Bill Spreckley has enjoyed working in the property market for 16 years, firstly as an estate agent and for the last 11yrs on the buying side, as a search agent for Stacks..
‘The market is splintering,’ warns buying agency as buyers show ‘a heightened sense of caution’
"The UK property market has mirrored recent weather trends seen over the last month," says Garrington's research presenter, Olivia Wayne, in the buying agency's August property market snapshot - "with…
Buying agency reports ‘a growing sense of caution amongst buyers and sellers alike’
Property market activity "has remained brisk" over the last month, says buying agency Garrington, although there's "a growing sense of caution amongst buyers and sellers alike, who have increasingly divided…
Poacher Turned Gamekeeper & Poacher: Drawing the buying agency boundaries
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