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[quote=TOMSPENCER,270200]Thank you for taking the time to check up on me and find out who I am. Yes, I work for DTZ, however I didn't mention the company in my original reply to your post because I am not trying to score business off your situation. This is a public forum and I offer advice on a range of issues if I know something about those issues.

I know something about real estate in Guangzhou. DTZ is the largest international property adviser in China and one of the top 5 in the world. Far too many foreigners are paying over the odds for apartments and I'm just offering a few words of professional advice when I say that your apartment seems over-priced.

You defend the high rent by saying "Everyone here pays around the same price. Well at least the foreigners do", and unfortunately that sums-up the rather defeatist attitude within some elements of the expatriate community that virtually ensures landlords will be able to charge them far more than they would a local. I can assure you that there are plenty of foreigners in Guangzhou who do not pay more for their apartments than local Chinese would pay.

As for 'ethics', 'morals' and 'dog eat dog' that makes all us agents the same, I feel I should leap to the defence of the company (and the profession) by pointing out that a) as already mentioned DTZ's normal business does not have much cross-over with the local agencies so there's no 'dog eat dog', and b) where we do encounter other agencies on the same turf we always work co-operately and split the commissions (which, being capped by law, just reduces our share and doesn't increase the amount paid by the house-hunter). We work very hard to negotiate the best possible terms and lowest possible rents for our clients and that's why we win corporate contracts - through a proven track record of integrity, openess and honesty.

I do not wish to impede your efforts unduly, and I wish you the best of luck in finding someone to take over the apartment. I will not, however, recant my observation about the seemingly high rental.[/quote]

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