Most sellers who call us have had experiences at least as traumatic as this:
So – what’s it to be?
If you’d like my help to sell your home more effectively, please answer a few short questions here and if I think I can help you, I’ll be in touch.
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Home should be a sanctuary. Warm and safe, it is a place where a door can be firmly closed on the trials, threats and stresses of the outside world. A place you can rest, and enjoy your leisure time.
For as long as there have been people, they have needed homes. In Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, warmth and rest sit alongside food and water at the base of the pyramid. In his theory, only when those basic needs are met can we concern ourselves with higher goals.
Continue reading...Surprise increase after sluggish year comes despite uncertainty over Brexit
UK house prices unexpectedly rose at the fastest monthly rate in almost two years in December, according to Halifax, despite warnings over the potential impact of Brexit for the year ahead.
Britain’s largest mortgage lender said that the average cost of a home rose by 2.2% compared with November. This outstripped all forecasts in a poll of economists by Reuters, in a surprise sign of strength for the economy with less than 90 days before the UK is expected to leave the EU.
Continue reading...Is your house for sale? Log on to Rightmove and enter your area in the seach box. When your property appears in the list, what does your summary say? Is it a wordy description full of agent-speak, or a snappy attention-grabbing headline? Compare it with your competitors in the list. Does yours stand out?
Check out these examples:
Lovely description, whilst wordy, it includes a real sense of rural lifestyle: “the odd baa from the sheep”. Lovely.
Compare the last description with this one: full of agent-speak – “versatile living accommodation” – and the elipses indicates it’s just a cut and paste job from the main description. Very lazy.
Ouch! Capitals are rude and very shouty – DON’T USE THEM! This ad stands out for all the wrong reasons.
Ok, I know I said no capitals, but here’s an example of how they can work. Great prose: “a chance to own a truly historic home”, and a great strapline – “You can’t top this”. Add a great dusk photograph, and you have a beautifully atmospheric listing. Just begs to be clicked on!
If you’d like my help to sell your home more effectively, please answer a few short questions here and if I think I can help you, I’ll be in touch.
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Is your house for sale? Log on to Rightmove and enter your area in the seach box. When your property appears in the list, what does your summary say? Is it a wordy description full of agent-speak, or a snappy attention-grabbing headline? Compare it with your competitors in the list. Does yours stand out?
Check out these examples:
Lovely description, whilst wordy, it includes a real sense of rural lifestyle: “the odd baa from the sheep”. Lovely.
Compare the last description with this one: full of agent-speak – “versatile living accommodation” – and the elipses indicates it’s just a cut and paste job from the main description. Very lazy.
Ouch! Capitals are rude and very shouty – DON’T USE THEM! This ad stands out for all the wrong reasons.
Ok, I know I said no capitals, but here’s an example of how they can work. Great prose: “a chance to own a truly historic home”, and a great strapline – “You can’t top this”. Add a great dusk photograph, and you have a beautifully atmospheric listing. Just begs to be clicked on!
If you’d like my help to sell your home more effectively, please answer a few short questions here and if I think I can help you, I’ll be in touch.
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