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His current home is now on the market – with an agent. There s nothing wrong with doing a private sale,” he said, “but my personal view is that I don t want the hassle of negotiating, and I believe firmly that by selling with an agent I will make more than they will cost me in fees.” Patten says he wouldn’t trust himself to be the best judge of how much his property could sell for. He has clients who thought their Auckland home would be worth a maximum of $1.5m – then it sold for $1.8m. Even if the agent fees were $40,000, he said, the couple still made $250,000 more than if they had negotiated a price themselves. ....