{"id":39277,"date":"2014-10-10T17:08:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T10:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-letting-and-estate-agents-really-mean\/"},"modified":"2016-12-30T20:42:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T13:42:48","slug":"what-letting-and-estate-agents-really-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-letting-and-estate-agents-really-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What letting and estate agents really mean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nA bijou home? That\u2019s a boxroom to you and me. A sea glimpse? Crane your neck. Letting and estate agents come cleanThe \u201cbijou\u201d\u2019 home that\u2019s a tiny box room; the house \u201cmoments from beautiful open spaces\u201d that is actually on a six-lane motorway; the coastal apartment with \u201csea glimpses\u201d \u2013 if you stand on the balcony and have an extremely long neck.Britain\u2019s estate agents have always been creative in their language, undeterred by the (recently repealed) 1991 Property Misdescriptions Act. But now they\u2019ve come clean, revealing the real meaning behind the phrases common on almost every estate agent\u2019s particulars. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/blog\/2014\/oct\/10\/what-letting-estate-agents-mean-home\" target=\"_blank\">What letting and estate agents really mean<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A bijou home? That\u2019s a boxroom to you and me. A sea glimpse? 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