Money jobs: The reality for realtors
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
This is episode four of our Business Daily series all about high value, high transaction jobs you might read about, see on the TV or glamorised in films. And in this episode Leanna Byrne looks at the reality for those people who's job is to sell or rent some of the most expensive homes in the world.
If you’re a fan of Selling Sunset or Million Dollar Listing, with the estate agents as slick as the homes they're selling, then you’re going to love this episode because it lifts the lid on what it’s really like to do these jobs.
Leanna speaks to Hong Kong estate agent Letizia G Casalino, director of Real Estate of OKAY.com about the market there, and why realtors in Hong Kong are expected to do a lot more that just sell. Vivian Chong is a real estate agent in Singapore and tells us about some very exclusive properties and Anna Klenkar, is a real estate agent with Compass, and she's been making TikToks all about the realities of the New York property market.
Presenter/producer: Leanna Byrne Image: Contract signing; Credit: Juan Manuel Brest
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| 0:00.0 | Don't lie to me now. I know you love looking at how the other half live. |
| 0:07.6 | We love looking inside other people's homes. We have that curiosity to see what's going on and other |
| 0:14.0 | neighborhoods, another city, another country. When you go inside somebody's home, you get a sense of |
| 0:19.9 | who they are and, let's be |
| 0:21.7 | honest, it gives you an indication of how much money they make. No wonder we're all glued to |
| 0:27.2 | series like selling sunset, million dollar listing, and the classic, a place in the sun. But apart |
| 0:34.8 | from the houses, the people selling and renting these homes are as slick as the interiors. |
| 0:40.4 | You get the impression that to sell a house, you've got to look like a model. |
| 0:44.7 | Dress head to toe and design your clothes and give off this cool, effortless vibe. |
| 0:49.5 | Like, yeah, sure, I'm here to sell you a house, but you're lucky to even be in my presence. |
| 0:55.2 | But that's TV, and this is, well, radio. |
| 0:59.1 | So let's find out what it's really like, selling and renting homes |
| 1:03.0 | in some of the most expensive markets in the world. |
| 1:16.7 | From the BBC World Service, I'm Leanna Byrne and this is Business Daily. |
| 1:29.6 | And welcome to our money job series where I've been speaking to people doing those high value, high transaction jobs you might read about, see on the TV or are glamourised in films. I speak to the real people in these industries and find out how it all really works and what it's like to make your living in |
| 1:35.0 | these jobs. This is episode four, the reality of the realtors. And this one's all about what |
| 1:41.6 | it's like selling homes in some of the most expensive cities in the world. |
| 1:47.7 | If we're going to find some real estate agents selling in the most expensive cities in the world, |
| 1:52.5 | then we probably better find out which cities are the most expensive for us to live. |
| 1:57.7 | So let's have a quick look here. |
| 2:02.6 | Ah, here we go. According to Statista, Hong Kong sits at the top for the most expensive city to buy |
| 2:09.4 | property in the world. Well known for its skyscrapers, Hong Kong is considered to be a perfect example |
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