Author: Belinda Woolrych

13 Sep CHOOSING THE RIGHT AGENT

Posted at 06:00h in Home Makeovers For Real Estate Agents, Home Staging and Styling | Preparing House for Sale

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When you decide to sell your home, your return should be maximised. When it comes to choosing the right agent, one thing you should not do is to select based on who has the least commission. You’re selling an investment, so it’s very important that you work with the best agent or agency. We have these tips for you.

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09 Sep THE PITFALLS IN PROPERTY PRESENTATION: PART 2

Posted at 06:00h in Home Staging and Styling | Preparing House for Sale

FACTORS IN THE SELLER This is the second part in a series devoted to the pitfalls relating to property presentation. The first part focused on the attributes of a property, and how missing on integral elements lead to a challenging presentation. This part focuses on the factors in a seller. Renovation or...

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02 Sep THE PITFALLS IN PROPERTY PRESENTATION: PART 1

Posted at 06:00h in Featured Post, Home Staging and Styling | Preparing House for Sale

FACTORS IN THE PROPERTY Your real goal towards property presentation is buyer engagement. Think about it; you don’t present your property to immediately sell. That doesn’t readily happen because buyers go through stages before reaching a final decision. What pitfalls do you need to avoid to ensure buyer interest in your...

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26 Mar THE PILLARS OF SUCCESS IN PROPERTY AUCTIONS

Posted at 06:00h in Featured Post, Home Staging and Styling | Preparing House for Sale

    What does it take for a property to be sold on auction day? Is its success dependent on the auctioneer? Is it dependent on the abundance of money? Or is it dependent on something else? Why do some properties get sold on time while others get passed in? Why do...

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19 Mar THE PILLARS OF GETTING IT RIGHT IN PROPERTY AUCTIONS

Posted at 06:00h in Featured Post, Home Staging and Styling | Preparing House for Sale

    When it comes to preparing your property for auction, there’s an endless list of must-dos. Here are the top three things for you to consider before putting your property up for auction.   Choose the Right Agent   Ability to listen. The notion that sales people often talk their way to making money is...

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12 Mar THE PILLARS OF PERSUASION IN PROPERTY AUCTIONS

Posted at 06:00h in Featured Post, Home Staging and Styling | Preparing House for Sale

    It was long ago when the father of philosophy, Aristotle, uttered these words: “Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character of the speaker; the second on putting the audience into a certain frame of mind; the...

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05 Mar AUCTIONS AND PROPERTY MAKEOVERS: PART 2

Posted at 06:00h in Featured Post, Home Staging and Styling | Preparing House for Sale

    As spring is the season most conducive and popular to selling properties, there’s fierce competition and only the most ideal homes can make it under the hammer. What are the chances of your property being the next one to get ‘sold!’?   What creates competition?   It’s simple: the most desired home gets the...

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26 Feb AUCTIONS AND PROPERTY MAKEOVERS: PART 1

Posted at 06:00h in Featured Post, Home Staging and Styling | Preparing House for Sale

    Have  you ever wondered why there some properties manage to get sold well before an auction? What’s with all these excitement to buy? This article focuses on the unique characteristics of properties that get sold before even going under the hammer.   The Role of the Season   Common knowledge tells us that a...

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19 Feb AUCTIONS AND OVER-RENOVATION

Posted at 06:00h in Featured Post, Home Staging and Styling | Preparing House for Sale

    In Australia, spring is usually the time when vendors are eager to get their properties sold – so eager that they want to do ‘this and that’ and then hope for a fast sale and a big return. Don’t let this dampen your enthusiasm, but things won't always turn out...

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12 Feb PROPERTY MAKEOVER AS A CHOICE INFLUENCER

Posted at 06:00h in Featured Post, Home Staging and Styling | Preparing House for Sale

      We live each day making a string of decisions that almost always involves choice. From the places we go to the food that we eat, we exercise our freewill to make a choice. In the mind of a real estate agent, the decision of homebuyers to purchase a property appears...

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