We'd like to take this opportunity to thank House Hop for their support. House Hop is an online private sales website that reaches more than three million house hunters a month... wait for this... for free. It funds itself through the sale of third-party services, and delivers a proportion of profits to charity. What's more, it's a listing service, not an estate agency, so in theory it should be possible to use House Hop and your high street agent, without risking paying fees to your agent after achieving a private sale. So what have you got to lose?

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