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Why isn’t my home selling? If your home is on the market for sale and you are getting fewer viewings than you would like. There could be something you need to do or need to stop doing to attract that elusive buyer? With the help of these tips, we may be able to get you moving .
3. Is your property priced correctly? We’ve also seen a number of local properties overpriced. This can be for a number of reasons - Perhaps your agent has flattered you with an inflated price to market your home; or maybe you have decided on a price you need to obtain to allow you to move. The internet gives us a world of instant property information. Being able to regularly check house prices on property websites has for some, become a hobby. Because of this, buyers often already have some knowledge of local property values.
1. Has your home got kerb appeal?
To get your property priced correctly, ask your agent for comparable properties recently sold in your area.
As the saying goes, ‘you only get one chance to make a first impression’ and this is the same when viewers are target market? If yours is a family home, is there adequate
4. D o your photographs do your home justice?
parking for a family with a couple of cars? Does the front
We’ve asked a number of our buyers what encouraged
of your home look attractive? We have a saying in the
them to view a property most? The interior and exterior
office that ‘you need to look through the eyes of a buyer’.
property photographs were one of the biggest reasons
A good tip is to go and stand outside your home, near the
for arranging a viewing. These photographs need to be
kerb, for a couple of minutes and look at your property.
clear, light and give a good presentation of each room.
Does it look clean? Is there easy access to the front door?
We always use a tripod which gives a clearer, more
Are bushes and shrubs neat and tidy? Have you weeded
professional image.
looking at properties to buy. Does your home appeal to its
the block paving or flower beds? Now ask yourself, would you buy the property?
Are own?viewings? 5. A re you carrying out your own 2. Is your marketing right? Whilst there is no doubt that rightmove.co.uk is the most well known and well used website for looking at properties, there are a couple of other sites worth visiting too. Zoopla.co.uk and primelocation.co.uk are owned by the same company and have a very strong presence in London. We receive a number of viewing requests from East London and around the Romford area from buyers looking to move east and they are looking on Zoopla. If your agent is not on Zoopla, you could be missing out on potential viewings.
The best advice I can give is to request that your agent carries out the viewings. After all what are you paying your agent for? We like to show all our buyers around our properties, it is what we do best. We discuss the area, the property, handle any concerns or mis-conceptions and we get to know our buyer’s needs during the viewing.
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