Estate Agents fees

Hi Richard ,yes their prices are shockingly expensive haven't heard anyone getting cheaper but we can only try to haggle

We found this Richard but the balance of power swings to you when they report an offer.
First off specify the minimum you want, if they get that plus their commission, so be it, anything less you can then, if it’s close enough for you, tell them if they sacrifice so many of their percent to you the sale can happen.
That’s what happened when we bought, we made offers and eventually, in front of us, the developer said to the agent he would accept our offer if he, the agent, accepted only 2% of it, which he readily did.

I've never bought or sold a property abroad (plan to change this one day) but what about try advertising it on one of the facebook pages?

Someone has just posted a advert looking for a 2 bed apartment in the Albuferia area, max budget €140,000 "properties for rent or sale in the algarve"
Not sure if this fits with what you are selling but a free advert is surely worth a go

Hi Richard
I am also selling property with Renault but the marketing and service is dire. They can't even get the description vaguely correct. What has your experience been? Can I just walk into another agent and sign up? Are they all dreadful?

I personally would not use Remax think they want to sell properties really cheap as well don't know if that's the case with you Wendy I don't think it ties you in to only contract but also look at Cerro Novo
And as previously mentioned on rightmove,zoopla, s1 homes in U.K.
Hope this helps .

OLX.pt has a property section...free advertising platform.

I guess it’s down to personal experience. Our estate agents have been great and worth every penny. We sold our house for an asking price which was 25k above what a lot of the other agents told us to put it on the market for. They’ve been completely efficient and professional throughout and have given us some extremely good advice along the way whilst handling a buyer who fell through because they didn’t have the cash to fulfill their offer. I almost feel like giving them a tip.