Ever wondered what is really happening in the housing market, what lies behind the financial institutions, why certain things occur, why rules are made and then changed? Then read on. Robert Smeaton's The Real Estate Agent & the Great Conspiracy Theory will certainly hold your attention as the author explores and explodes many of the myths commonly found in the property market. Robert Smeaton offers a very informed commentary on the changes and development in estate agency and how the banks' and institutions' involvement over the last four decades has affected the housing market. The Real Estate Agent & the Great Conspiracy Theory will certainly hold your attention as the author explains the effect of the involvement of corporate business on estate agency and mortgage lending and the consequent huge cost both human and monetary to the British and Irish house owning public. As the last page is turned, the reader will feel an unease about the sophisticated level of manipulation that seems to be occurring in the property sector. Smeaton makes sense of the issues, drawing together the different threads from his own unique perspective of a lifetime spent in estate agency.
A compelling read for anyone who has an interest in the property world and an essential read for those thinking of buying or selling a house.