From: "stuart noble" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Estate agents rates for house sale
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:12:33 -0000


Angela wrote in message ...
>
>"norm"  wrote in message
>news:n6mkp0loa49sfk4pamra5bdatdg97fl3c1@4ax.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> What would be a reasonable rate to have an estate agent sell my
>> £230,000 house ?
>>
>> I'm being quoted 2% (+vat) but that seems like a mickey take to me.
>
>Negotiate.  If they want your business, which they probably will as the
>market has slowed right down - you should be able to get it down to 1%

Base the fee on the eventual sale price. Perhaps 1.5% in the unlikely event
that they get you the asking price.