Moving House (3 Viewers)

Domo said:

selling our place, been on with the first EA (big one in the area) since feb - one offer (30k+ under price) so rejected.
other than that, just a general stream of views, who said no for a number of reasons.

thinking of changing EA, 1) is it even worth it? 2) independant or a generic named brand EA?

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shmmeee said:

What do you think they’re doing wrong? All they really do is value the place and stick it on a bunch of marketplaces. Are you sure you aren’t asking too much?

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shmmeee said:

What do you think they’re doing wrong? All they really do is value the place and stick it on a bunch of marketplaces. Are you sure you aren’t asking too much?

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Domo said:

we had it valued with 3 different AE's and put it lower than two were proposing.

there were a few small issues with the AE, nothing dramatic, but unsure if they do any "work" or just wait for people to ask to view etc...

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Captain Dart said:

They will have put details on right move/zoopla/on the market and provide a brochure. I think that's probably about it.

Other than maybe getting the place shown more prominantly in their branches and seeing if you can improve their presentation if they've failed to emphasis good points sufficiently there ain't much you can do bar lower the price.

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chiefdave said:

There's a handful gone up by my Mum recently. Usually go instantly but at the moment they seem to be struggling to even get viewings.

Guess the market is slow for whatever reason and people don't want to drop below what they've been given as a valuation or what other properties have sold for.

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Domo said:

we had it valued with 3 different AE's and put it lower than two were proposing.

there were a few small issues with the AE, nothing dramatic, but unsure if they do any "work" or just wait for people to ask to view etc...

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Marty said:

The market has slowed right down, 6 have gone up in the past 3 months or so along my street, nothing shifting at all, I'm in the market for another and just can't find anything suitable for the right price.

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shmmeee said:

All they can do really is perhaps pay a bit more or get it on a few sites. These days if you’re on OTM and RM and got a sign out front you’re probably doing as much as anyone.

Is anything going round by you? Maybe the market is slow, I’m only half looking and noticing more reduced prices.

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Domo said:

some are , some arent, we're niche in a way, but not a bad way. think its just a strange market, with lots of inflated prices too. we will keep calm and carry on haha

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shmmeee said:

If you’re niche it might just be waiting for your buyer to appear or looking for a specialist agent if one exists for your niche.

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Domo said:

by niche its just were smaller/and a semi compared to the larger detached houses in the area.
i dont think any other AE could do anymore than they are doing, but sometimes you read someone changed and sold in a week, but that could jsut be coincidence.

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fernandopartridge said:

Sometimes with EA the quality of the photographs makes all the difference. When we sold ours a few years ago, our agent I think just took the pictures with a phone. When I looked at it compared with other adverts the photos made the house look dark and gloomy, a good camera helps to accentuate natural light and might be the difference between a viewing or not.

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