Here in England, last time I sold I paid £1k flat fee to my estate agent, and about £1200 to solicitor to handle the sale and purchase (including things like va

Here in England, last time I sold I paid £1k flat fee to my estate agent, and about £1200 to solicitor to handle the sale and purchase (including things like various searches, handling the mortgages, etc), and another £500 for an independent survey. That's less than half a percent. I hear the Scottish system has benefits -- rather than the buying doing the searches, survey etc, the seller does. That means it's far faster to make the offer -- rather than "I'll pay £x, but first I need to invest £hunderds in due diligence", it's "I've seen all the stuff I would have to pay for, so due diligence is over, lets move.