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For Sale by Owner - Taking the Private Sale Route

For sale By Owner With property values still on the downslide in some areas, the choice by sellers to take the "private sale" route to sell their home is a boom industry.  The savings can be substantial (depending on property value) for the commissions that would normally be paid by a seller to the real estate agent. For sale by Owner now has some sophisticated suppliers of packages to gain access to the key internet sites to advertise your property.  However, making this choice with the vision to save money on commissions can be a false economy. A real estate agent is driven to Read more > >

Property Hot Spots - Perth

Channel 7's Sunrise program had a short story on the Property Hot Spots around Australia.  Relating this information directly to Perth they identified 3 key suburbs as Growth Hot Spots for 2012 Fremantle, Como and Halls Head.  In the North West Port Hedland.   Essentially these are growth suburbs that have been identified by the industry expects with increasing demands by buyers.  This may not mean the suburb has a positive growth statistic.  The surburb may currently have a negative growth statistic with the possibility of reducing the negative growth towards 0 and Read more > >

Perth House Sellers Are Leaving Money on the Table

Perth’s sellers are underselling their homes, losing valuable money and staying on the market much longer than they need to.  The art of styling a home for sale has been widely accepted as part of the process of selling a home in the UK, USA, New Zealand.  However, in Australia it is still a new concept. Investing in property presentation and a mini-makeovers to spruce up a home ready for sale can double a sellers chance of getting their home sold FAST and achieving TOP dollar.  We believes that sellers have become too complacent in their home preparations for sale Read more > >

SOLD - Booragoon

Another success story for our client with a recent sale of a mini-makeover of a Booragoon Property. The client had a limited budget and the property had many challenges and unfortuantely would require renovations to bring it to a higher listing price.  Unfortunately, the property was over-priced when listed in the market by the agent.  We are unsure why the agent decided to do this and this delayed the ability for the client to sell the home fast.  The property sold close to the original appraisal price that was indicated by the agent.  The presale home makeover and home Read more > >