{"id":170670,"date":"2026-03-02T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-are-british-estate-agents-so-weird-online-emma-beddington\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:06:50","slug":"why-are-british-estate-agents-so-weird-online-emma-beddington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-are-british-estate-agents-so-weird-online-emma-beddington\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are British estate agents so weird online? | Emma Beddington"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nEven though my algorithm knows I\u2019m a sucker for outlandish reality TV property shows, it\u2019s now offering me less-than-glamorous copycats trying to flog a buy-to-let in BeaconsfieldI\u2019m not proud to admit that I love property as entertainment, especially smooth-brained \u201creality\u201d shows in which peptide-plumped, pilates-honed NYC Amazons in towering Louboutins scrap over commission on Upper West Side condos. It\u2019s a world where make-believe sums of money are bandied around, drama is manufactured, people say \u201cI\u2019m super excited\u201d without any part of their preternaturally glossy faces moving and every surface is Carrara marble. I\u2019m never more at peace than when I\u2019m slumped under a crisp-strewn blanket, muttering \u201cthat\u2019s hideous\u201d at a $26m (\u00a319m) penthouse.Inevitably, social media cottoned on to my proclivities and now offers me endless real estate content. I appreciate the aspirational stuff: the Modern House (brutalism but make it chic), Inigo (for people with a cornicing kink), and Parisian internet \u201cpersonality\u201d @ZacharyMaille with his alarming blazers and Eiffel Tower views. And who doesn\u2019t enjoy wondering why castles cost less than Sydenham semis (because they\u2019re riddled with dry rot, haunted, and two hours from the nearest Spar, presumably)? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Even though my algorithm knows I\u2019m a sucker for outlandish reality TV property shows, it\u2019s...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-IoK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":144501,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/buying-london-is-grotesque-tv-but-it-shows-the-capitals-property-market-for-what-it-is-elle-hunt\/","url_meta":{"origin":170670,"position":0},"title":"Buying London is grotesque TV \u2013 but it shows the capital\u2019s property market for what it is | Elle Hunt","date":"May 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Netflix\u2019s distasteful \u2018reality\u2019 series holds up a gilded mirror to the people making the city harder for the rest of us to live inWhen I first arrived in London, seven years ago, I used to enjoy stopping outside estate agents\u2019 offices and browsing the listings in the window. 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