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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Martin

The ‘symbiotic relationship’ that makes selling a house in Australia so damn expensive

Dimitri Chrisis says since taking over the sales process for his Marrickville house, he has found buyers are happy not to be dealing with a real estate agent.
Dimitri Chrisis says since taking over the sales process for his house in Marrickville, he has found buyers are happy not to be dealing with a real estate agent. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Dimitri Chrisis decided to ditch his real estate agent halfway through the campaign to sell his three-bedroom house in Marrickville in Sydney’s inner west.

“I had the property on the market, they had quoted me a price prior to signing the agency agreement, and then two weeks in he rings me and says you need to reconsider your expectations.

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