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selling property
Evaluating An Estate Agent
Step 1.
Invite local estate agents to visit your home and give you
a listing presentation, which typically includes: the reasons
you should join their agency, their duties to you as your
agent and helpful information about pricing and selling your
home.
Step 2.
Single out those agents who:
- Provide you with advice how to best prepare your home
for the market;
- Show enthusiasm for your property, listens attentively,
instill confidence, operate in a professional manner, and
have a complementary personality style to yours.
- Have already researched your property in the public records.
- Bring data on nearby homes that have sold (or failed to
sell) recently.
Step 3.
Get the answers to certain key questions:
- Does the agent have the relevant estate agency qualifications?
- Is the agent a member of NAEA with its strict code of
ethics?
- Is estate agency their full-time career?
- What estate qualifications does the agent hold?
- Who is the agent representing--you or the buyer? The discussion
is supposed to occur early on, at "first interview"
with you.
- In exchange for your commitment, how will the agent help
you sell your home?
- Have they listed or sold a home in your immediate area
lately?
Step 4.
Sign a listing agreement with the estate agent that you
select, but pay particular attention any contractual time
frames.
Many agents run a "no sale no fee" scheme, which
apart from benefiting the seller if the property remains unsold
is an added incentive for your agent to market the property
successfully.
When you enter into a marketing agreement with brixton-Homes
Estate Agents, it's your agreement, subject to your satisfaction.
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