Marbella and surrounding area Property Finding
Service
Finding the right property at the best of times can be a time consuming and
frustrating business. At the luxury end of the market, where the buyer’s
requirements are quite rightly more specific, this is even truer.
Add in the fact that you are looking in a foreign country, with a foreign
language and thousands of miles from home, and the service of a good property
finder becomes invaluable.
The “Property Finding” service is a popular and proven way of finding a property
in many countries around the world and The Overseas Living Group are proud to
bring the concept to Spain.
Why would I use “The Property Finding Service”?
There are a number of reasons. Firstly it’s worth understanding how the estate
Agency business in Spain works.
To start with, one of the biggest differences between Spain, the UK and Ireland
is that in Spain, it is almost unheard of to sell a property on a “sole agency”
basis. In fact most sellers put their property with several different agents.
This leads to the same property appearing on numerous web sites often at
different prices due either because the seller has asked for the property to be
advertised at different prices or because of the huge differences in Commission
that different agents charge. A good property finder will know a properties best
price and which agent is selling a particular property with a sensible
commission rate. Another difference is that agents share properties with other
agents. They do this by joining one of a number of property listing
organisations. These are usually internet based companies who allow an agent to
upload their properties onto a web site or property portal. Each member agent
then has access to all these properties. Now, the problem with this, is that you
may end up dealing with an agent who has little knowledge of the properties that
you are interested in, or even, little knowledge of your preferred area. It may
be an agent that opened his business yesterday, joined a listing organisation
and today appears to have thousands of properties. This type of agent will be
far more interested in selling one of the few properties that they have on their
books because then, they do not have to share the commission with another agent.
A good property finder will be able to source a property that matches your
requirements regardless of which agent has been instructed.
In short, it is very difficult to get good, impartial advice from an estate
agent whereas that is exactly what you get with a good property finder.
