Mark Stephensons

Independent, family owned #estate and #letting #agents with over 30 years’ experience of the Ryedale property market, with offices in #Malton & #Pickering

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@SecretConveySol Fair point. But why are transactions taking so long. why is everything so last minute. why does nothing seemed joined up. why are so many conveyancers forgetting the importance of striving for exchanging contracts, I genuinely believe many don't even understand the concept!

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@SkySportsPL Never before has the term "game of two halves applied" We bossed the first half and played worse than a boozy sunday league team in the second. Onwards we march.

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@GMB @susannareid100 Speeding up the planning process she claims? Utter rubbish, in fact numerous house builders saying it’s gone from bad to worse. They make it up as they go along.

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@RicPickford @KirstieMAllsopp @PhilSpencerTV And how often not even able to buy as they’ve yet to sell! Had a total wast of time TV experience last summer, once bitten!!

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@cleanupbritain awful, who could possibly live this way. Answers on a postcard

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@Wommando @londoner_woman exactly right. what has it ruddy well come to having to be asked to explain why? In her own way (the interviewer) as if to call it into question. Poor form indeed.

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@SecretConveySol Well that's just tough isn't it. It's as though this god dam awful system is rapidly moving away from there being any time between exchange and completion. Surely they understood the significance of exchanging contracts?

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@SecretConveySol I'm sure. I've been at this since 1987 as an agent and the entire process is becoming worse with absolutely no doubt. Why? Never before as we are about to down tools for Xmas do we have so so many transactions where they should be moving but won't now be til 2026. It's unbearable

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@SecretConveySol I have the answer. still completing the "onboarding" process with their solicitor!! But this is progress don't forget

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@SecretConveySol Not even 5 yrs old, David Wilson built and buyers solicitors claiming Management pack wording ref. rent charge provision is defective and that deed of variation required. Naturally they blame buyers lender HSBC. It just gets worse!!

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@SecretConveySol But the latest and growing scandal has to be the fees charged for producing these packs in the sale of modern national house builder stuff. £604 it's just cost our vendor to receive the dam thing, of course there is no opt out as we all know.

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@springbokprop But do you as a company actually buy the house unconditionally, no strings, YOU are the buyer. It's just that on a local level it seems you purport to do so when in fact you simply list the house for sale in the same way any regular agent would. Please explain. Confused?

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@AltoSoftware I assume there is a generic issue? Don’t you issue something online so as to let customers know?

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

I think it's time to say goodbye to X. It is truly truly awful just now. Negativity that I don't require in my life. How many shootings, fights or brawls do we need to see? Another example of Musk's empire starting to wobble me thinks. I'm offski. Bye

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@gazetteherald “Sorry we can’t find this page” ??

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@SecretConveySol try super hard not to pester you guys seeking crazy weekly updates. however, look foolish to find often a good month in clients still faffing on with initial instruction paperwork, nothings even happened therefore! what to do?

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@AltoSoftware Truly so slow just now??? Forever loading??? Is there an issue?

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@RicPickford So true. Little time ago joe public seemed fully behind the idea of a slower market and need for realistic pricing. Only needed for a little bit of media 'talking up' to have folks think all together differently. oh and offers over should be outlawed!!!!

[Mark Stephensons @markstephensons]

@moving_charlie Yes totally I mean cash buyers. Had to jump to their tune in the past but so so many are now super flaky IMO.