Why you should welcome low offers on your home?? When we go on the market, our defensive side comes out. We become determined not to let an agent or a cheeky buyer get the best of us. I’m here to tell you that’s the wrong approach to take. You need to welcome all offers. Even those low ones from buyers who you think might be trying to ‘steal’ your home. Hear me out... If you...
No one goes on the market just for fun. When you put your property up for sale, you want to see a result. As good a price as possible, in a reasonable period of time. It's natural to want to maximise the price and you certainly don't want to let it go cheap. This is where expectations of the market start to influence strategic decisions. When you first put your home up for sale, you'll have a...
We all understand the market has changed. Prices have moved and buyers are harder to come by. Even still, prices are historically high compared to 3-5 years ago, meaning there is still an opportunity for most owners to sell their property and achieve a significant capital gain. Sell now? Or hold? The decision of whether to sell now comes down to this question: What else do you plan to do with the...
Consumer valuation websites have been a game-changer for buyers and sellers to first determine whether properties for sale are in their ballpark, however, while these sites contain lots of useful property information around a certain property they do not factor in the individual qualities of each home and rely on third-party data to build their algorithm, including relying on real estate agents to...
1. First impressions count! Most buyers will have made a decision about your home within a few seconds of standing outside your front door. Essential things to do include tidying the front garden, mowing the kerb lawn, painting the front door or window sills if looking a bit tired, planting easily maintained flowers and plants, and trimming back any hedges. Make...
The right time to sell your property is when you have something better to do with the money. You might choose to sell an investment property to free up cash for your retirement. Or to buy that motorhome you've always wanted. Maybe you plan to shift to a cheaper town and work remotely, so you can reduce your mortgage or remove it completely. Maybe you want to start a business and chase that...
I promise you; this is not the page where I convince you that you must sell with me right now, this moment, today and I will be your agent for life (although that part is true). No. This is the page where you can hear directly from the best in the business as to what's happening in the market. Let's get the facts and hear what Chief Economist at Ray White, Nerida Conisbee has to say about it:...
Are you curious to know the value of Home Staging to the sale price of your property, as well as some tips and tricks that make all the difference no matter what the room? I have the pleasure of sitting down with the amazingly talented and gorgeous, Janine King, who talks us through the importance of Home Staging, what we can do around the home to assist in potential buyers visualising their future...
If you want to achieve the most amount of value from selling your property, so that you can take the next step in the real estate journey comfortably; there are 5 key things you need to think about prior to listing your home with a real estate agent. This can have huge rewards for you in the short term through the number of people attracted enough to want to view your home, in the mid-term by those who...