Re:Show HN: 77 Year old launches SaaS platform today. Seeks ...
by flarg on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:35AM
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I'm in the UK and we bought our house direct. We needed a solicitor but not an estate agent. Saved a packet. Most people I speak to are too scared to go out alone in this way. If it became more of a regular thing it would take off.
Re:Show HN: 77 Year old launches SaaS platform today. Seeks ...
by lozenge on Saturday June 17, 2023 @09:28AM
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Buyers' agents barely exist in the UK but sellers' agents are very common.
Re:Show HN: 77 Year old launches SaaS platform today. Seeks ...
by montgomster on Saturday June 17, 2023 @10:36AM
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I don't know a lot about other countries but my understanding is the fee is much lower, which may explain why you do see many buyer agents. Good comment. Thank you.
Re:Show HN: 77 Year old launches SaaS platform today. Seeks ...
by xur17 on Saturday June 17, 2023 @09:41AM
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I think fear is the main deterrent as well. I wonder if it can just be framed as "presale" - you list on this much cheaper platform, and if it doesn't sell, you can still go the normal route.
Homeshake [0] is a local company that does something similar to this, which at least appears to be having success.
Re:Show HN: 77 Year old launches SaaS platform today. Seeks ...
by montgomster on Saturday June 17, 2023 @09:57AM
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I am familiar with Home shake. I wish them well.
At the end of the day we just couldn't get enough customers. That is despite spending some serious bucks on advertising with Facebook and others.
I suspect you are right - home purchase/sale is too complicated for a regular consumer from a legal and practical standpoint and cost of failure is high. It's better to hand it off to a professional.