The worst of all agents
The latest ’scam’ by the more disreputable ‘agents’ here in Sicily is to steal other agents properties. Unfortunately this is of no help to the client, who will see a property on one sight and again, considerably cheaper, on another. The agent with the ‘discount’ has usually taken the photos from the original site, or taken photos of just the exterior of the house and marketed the property without permission or a mandate from the owner. When somebody makes an enquiry the proprietor is contacted for the first time, and the client is told that the price has been raised.No reputable agent wants his prices to be higher than those of the competition, so always feel free to inform an agent that the house is being advertised cheaper elsewhere.