Saul Empson, Director at Haringtons explains his property finding sources People often ask where we find our properties and, without wanting to sound evasive, the straight answer is anywhere and everywhere we can; towards the lower end of the market price-wise, a high proportion will be on the … [Read more...]
What ever happened to the property auctions at the top end of the market?
...and why we dislike ‘best and final offers’ In our view the best and most transparent form of sale is an auction. Everybody can see what is going on: the contract is exchanged so the buyer goes home knowing he has bought a property with no danger of a gazump. Sadly, however, modern day selling … [Read more...]
Protecting Our Client’s Privacy
Confidentiality is an essential art form when it comes to property. Says Jamie Freeman, Country House Buyer at Haringtons Keeping secrets has to be a stock in trade for a premium house buyer. Everybody values their privacy; you don’t have to be a celebrity to want to keep your personal … [Read more...]
The importance of cementing relations between seller and purchaser
Jonathan Harington, of property buying agency Haringtons, recounts an extreme example It is absolutely vital that there is a good relationship between the purchasers and the vendors. It makes the negotiations that much easier if the owners actually like the buyers, (hopefully more than other … [Read more...]
Is the role of the property buying agent the same in 2015 as it was in 1985?
Jonathan Harington charts the rise of the property buying agent People think the buying agent role is a relatively modern, new phenomena. But this really isn’t the case at all. It all started in the mid-1980s with houses, but it had been going on for many years before with farms and … [Read more...]
What’s the difference between a Buying Agent and a Search Agent?
Where a property buying agent really adds value comes after the search, explains Jonathan Harington Is it just terminology? Is it just about the name? Yes, some call themselves search agents – and as you can see I call myself a “buying” agent. But the searching in my view is a very small part of … [Read more...]