{"id":1979,"date":"2019-07-06T16:25:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T14:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namarealestate.it\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2023-06-24T18:16:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T16:16:39","slug":"search-for-property-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namarealestate.it\/en\/search-for-property-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Search for a property in Italy: hints for a smooth research!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

They have contacted me telling me they have read our guide “Things to know BEFORE looking for a house to buy in Italy” and that they have found it particularly illuminating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luise and Paul have been searching for a property in Italy for a long time, and they already came several times here in Tuscany to visit properties that, from time to time, the various agencies proposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too often, they have found discrepancies between reality and what was declared on the announcement seen from home. After about a year of research, they understood it was necessary for them to be assisted by a single contact person. In our first interview, we dwell on an important aspect for which they had not considered the consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happens when a buyer sends a request to receive more information about a specific property to a real estate agency?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Let me give you an example to better understand:
Let’s suppose that Mickey Mouse (yes.. that of Walt Disney) who lives in Los Angeles, is interested in looking for a house here in Tuscany, in San Vincenzo, where my office is located. During his various searches through several websites, he sees a property managed by a real estate agency that we are going to name AGENCY 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mickey Mouse decides to send, through the contact form of the website, a request to receive more information about that property to AGENCY 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happens now?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First of all, AGENCY 1 receives an automatic e-mail saying that Mickey Mouse has requested more information about that property. This, in the jargon of real estate agencies, is called specific request.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other thing that happens is that all the real estate agencies in the area where the property is located (which use that same real estate portal do advertise their estates) receive an automatic e-mail saying that Mickey Mouse is looking for a house in their area of expertise. This is called a generic request<\/em><\/strong> because the agency that receives it has not been contacted directly by Mickey Mouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far there is nothing wrong, because Mickey is aware that, for his research in that area, he can also be contacted by other agencies in addition to AGENCY 1.
However, there is a problem – one of the limits that we have here in Italy, if compared to other countries, is that the agency that receives a simple call or an email from a potential buyer, already considers him as a customer.
Each agency that receives the new name, rightly contacts Mickey Mouse to submit their offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile you should know that, in Italy, the real estate agent traditionally receives a fee from both the seller and the buyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooperation between agencies.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Among real estate agencies we collaborate, of course, and one of the additional activities that each real estate agent carries out is to collaborate with other agencies in the same area to meet more quickly the requests of the potential buyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me explain what happens when 2 agencies collaborate:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In our example, Mickey Mouse, who is the purchasing customer, is followed by AGENCY 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n