The public: We don't trust estate agents.
Also the public: When an estate agent tells us our home is worth a record price, we trust them completely.
The majority of estate agents knowingly participate in overvaluing of property.
Many of them do it reluctantly, but have little choice in the face of rampant, deliberate lying on valuation by the worst offenders.
An important minority, around 15% or 3 out of 20 agents, will tell you the truth about your home.
If you really need to sell, these are the bravest agents, being honest and trying to help you avoid being yet another statistic of a failed seller with an overpriced home.
Leave no stone unturned in the hunt for the rare agent that will get your home sold in what is the most difficult market to sell in for 15 years.
Please don't ignore this free impartial advice from someone who has worked with agents for 25 years.
Your future is at stake. Choose your agent like your future depends on it, because it does.