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Originally Posted by JMBroad
It happens all the time.
All you have to do is pick five different real estate agencies who sell Brazil, go through their websites to see if they are offering the same product then compare prices. You are bound to find different prices sooner or later. I know of a couple of developments in Brazil being offered by different agents at different prices.
My issue isn't that it doesn't happen, my issue is with the constant sweeping statements saying that every European agent does it. It's a matter of principle.
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JM,
I too know one agent who load all their prices by at least 10%, they are very big and well known, but this doesn't mean that we do it.
So yes I too am getting a bit sick of the sweeping statements.
I have also seen gringo and local prices on property, but in the last few years this has been happening less and less in the popular areas where the prices have been rising.
For example a 5 bed villa for $40k instead of $20k is still a bargain to most gringos (although it would be pretty remote at that price
). Whilst someone doubling a $200k property for gringos is not going to find many buyers.
Rob.