Startups That Launched at Y Combinator Winter 2015 Demo Day 2

Re:Startups That Launched at Y Combinator Winter 2015 Demo D... by makomk on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @05:09AM (#9261860)

There's no fundamental reason why buyer's agents have to be a part of the house-buying process, they certainly aren't over here in the UK - houses are publicly advertised by the seller's real estate agent, and the buyer and seller hire solicitors relatively cheaply to handle all the contractual stuff.

Oh, and I have a feeling that many of those hard-working buyer's agents are probably less hard-working if the buyer is black, since this has been a long-running issue.

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Re:Startups That Launched at Y Combinator Winter 2015 Demo D... by arethuza on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @05:50AM (#9261951)

Here in Scotland it's even simpler - most properties are advertised by solicitors and you buy for a small (usually fixed fee) through your own solicitor.

There are a number of "Solicitors Property Centers" where groups of solicitors got together to create websites listing all of the properties in their areas:

http://www.espc.com - Edinburgh

http://www.aspc.co.uk - Aberdeen

http://www.hspc.co.uk - Highlands

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