The findings are based on estateagent4me’s own comprehensive estate agent performance analysis and form part of the ‘Estate Agent Performance Index’ which reveals the country’s best performing agents based on a varied set of criteria including sale price achieved compared to asking price, number of properties actually sold and speed of sale.
Top 3 agents - £ over asking price
The agents that were consistently able to secure the highest amount over asking price over the past 6 months were all based in London. Hastings International in Rotherhithe managed an average of £31,105 over asking price while Winkworth in Palmers Green (£16,215) and Douglas Allen in Dalston (£15,083) secured second and third spot. This compares very favourably to the UK average performance of £12,742 below asking price.
Top 3 agents - % over asking price
The ‘Estate Agent Performance Index’ reveals that estate agents on average achieve a sale price of £12,742 less than the initial asking price. However, this actually represents a small margin of error with the UK estate agents on average achieving 95.8% of the asking price. The regions where estate agents achieved the closest sale price to asking price were Outer London* (97.6%), Bristol (97.4%) and Reading (97.2%).
The 3 agents that scored the best percentage increase over asking price were Whitehouse Estate Agents in Bournemouth (108.9%), Hastings International, Rotherhithe (107.7%) and Connells in Southville, Bristol (107.2%).
