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The OFT report found “surprisingly little innovation” in relation to the traditional
model of selling property. The OFT noted, however, that this may reflect the
preferences many consumers express for personal, face-to-face contact with an
estate agent.As above, the dominant model was thetraditional estate agent with a high street
presence retained by the seller and paid a fee on completion based on a percentage
of the achieved price. The OFT had expected to see estate agents looking to cut
costs by shifting more of their operations online. While some traditional estate
agents had set up virtual offices, it was not yet common practice at that time.
Another striking feature of the market was the homogeneity of the service offering.
Most estate agents offered broadly the same package of services – valuation,
productionand distribution of marketing material, accompanied viewings, and
negotiation – at broadly the same price, one to two per cent of the achieved sale
price.With the heterogeneity among sellers, the market study found it surprising that
there was not greater variety in terms of service offered or greater use of menus of
services with the buyer deciding which parts of a package to buy. Similarly, it was
surprising that a single form of contract – flat percentage commission – dominated
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