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Why would an estate agent use 1 property site and not the other

  • 14-04-2017 07:58AM
    #1
    hairyslug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭


    I sold my house last year, nothing strange with the sale and the agent advertised on both myhome and daft.
    I am in the process of selling another house now and the agent is not using one of the above sites. I can't get, what i believe to be, a realistic answer out of them.
    Do certain agents have deals with one or other of the sites to advertise solely on them or am i missing something.


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  • #2
    Ray Palmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,351 ✭✭✭Ray Palmer


    Simply cost. To use Myhome for example is very expensive per property if you don't advertise on it much.


  • #3
    hairyslug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭hairyslug


    Ray Palmer wrote: »
    Simply cost. To use Myhome for example is very expensive per property if you don't advertise on it much.

    Is there much of a difference between the cost of myhome and daft for an agent.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    The house will sell quickly with just one site. When things are quieter they use as many as possible. Some houses are being sold without listings at all.


  • #5
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,253 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    Anybody thinking of buying will be looking everywhere. No need to list in more than one place


  • #6
    Bandana boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,367 ✭✭✭Bandana boy


    In a strong market , using both is not required .
    He could though owe one of them money and need to clear a debt to start using again


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  • #7
    Ray Palmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,351 ✭✭✭Ray Palmer


    hairyslug wrote: »
    Is there much of a difference between the cost of myhome and daft for an agent.

    Yes Daft is very cheap compared with myhome and pretty much anybody can use it.


  • #8
    BigAl81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭BigAl81


    I'd be more thinking why would anyone use an estate agent when you could go straight to Daft yourself!

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  • #9
    borderlinemeath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,373 ✭✭✭borderlinemeath


    An EA distant relative of my husband told us a while back that his office pulled a lot of listings of myhome.ie when the website was down/intermittent while they were upgrading it, business didn't suffer so they haven't been using it half as much as they used to.


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