The Times Financial Editor, Patrick Hosking has this week weighed in over the property portals’ “substantial” charges to estate agents.
Talking on Rightmove he said:
“Rightmove charges the typical agency branch £1,077 a month for its homes to be listed on the platform…That’s a significant outgoing for a branch, especially when every housing market indicator is moving in the wrong direction — new buyer inquiries, agreed sales and new instructions are all down.”
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