Most sellers assume that if enough buyers attend the open home, competition will follow naturally. It does not work that way.Buyer interest peaks at the inspection and declines from that point unless it is actively managed. The agent who does not act on that interest within 24 hours is allowing it to transfer to other properties.… Read More

It happens often enough that it barely surprises anyone working in this market. A vendor goes live at a price built on hope rather than evidence. The buyer pool - well-informed, actively comparing, not particularly patient - encounters the listing, registers that it is above where comparable properties have sold, and moves on. Not with an offer. No… Read More

Most buyers make their first decision about a property in under five seconds. Not whether to buy it - whether to click on it. That five-second window is where the campaign either does its job or fails. Most sellers underestimate how much of the final sale price is determined before any buyer sets foot through the door.Marketing does not jus… Read More

Picture a vendor sitting across from their agent, hearing for the first time what the market thinks their property is worth. The reaction arrives before any logic does - before the comparable sales are considered, before the data is processed, before the rational mind has a chance to weigh in.It is about the years of ordinary life the walls… Read More

Most vendors do not walk into an appraisal intending to be misled. They invite agents through, listen to presentations from people who appear to know the local area, and at the end of it they have a figure. The problem is that not every figure they receive is designed to be accurate. Some are designed to win the listing - and those two objectives a… Read More