Archive for September, 2009
The first impression must be positive when a buyer visits your property for sale. A home that “shows well, sells well”. Our experience constantly indicates that a well presented home will sell more quickly and, usually, for a higher price.
“You never get a second chance to make a first impression”.
In preparing your home for the market, the aim is to spend as little money as possible to enhance its appeal.
An excellent test is to go outside, close your eyes and say to yourself ‘I’m a buyer seeing this house for the first time!’ Go right through the house and look at it as a potential buyer would.
If you have recently undertaken major building work, a Certificate of Compliance should be obtained from the local Council and it’s also advisable to obtain a LIM (Land Information Memorandum) on your property.
Make a list of all the chattels that will remain in the house. Anything you may wish to take with you should be noted on the contract as ‘exclusion’.
Here is a list of things that you should impress when you sell your property
September 27 2009 | Uncategorized | 7 Comments »
Wow this is awesome.
There is still a great deal of activity on this blog. After 10 months I just hit the 300,000 visitor mark.
Since 24 Nov 2008, 11:27 visitors =
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Thanks to the people who still come back and read some of the stuff here. I haven’t been posting as much as 
I have but as soon as I am back out there selling it will be all go.
Here is to the the millions.
Hope this blog you find useful.
Regards
Deon
September 20 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments »
Christhchurch Property Trends
Property values in Christchurch declined by 1.9% over the past year (calculated over the three months ending August 2009 in comparison to the same period last year), a substantial improvement on the 5.5% annual decline reported in July. The average sale price for the city increased slightly from to $342,993 to $344,401. Values in Christchurch are down 7.6% since the market peak.
The figures are showing a fifth consecutive month of recovery in Christchurch’s residential property market, indicating a period of consolidation heading toward the summer months. These numbers still need to be treated with caution however.
Suburban Christchurch has held well, with all suburbs showing an improvement year-on-year. The market is showing clear segmentation with the level of activity strongest in the under $350,000 market, closely followed by the $350,000 to $500,000 price range. Local agents report a shortage of listings which is putting pressure on properties currently on the market and consequently we are a seeing healthy sale prices. The auction process also appears to be providing strong results. However, I am fairly confident that this represents a small bubble in the market and is nothing more than a volume-related issue for the short term
QV expect to see things soften slightly as the spring and summer months bring more listings to the market. Overall there has been an improvement in market sentiment, although buyer behaviour is still cautionary with job security and the ability to service debt being key factors for some folks at present. Looking forward we anticipate a more traditional spring and summer market
From where I sit I can see the market seems to be in a very edgy state. There is definitely a fair bit of movement happening and plenty of buyers out there wanting to lock into the market when there is cheaper money available and lower prices of houses compared to the prices 2 years ago. Bt how long do you think this seriously will last for.]
Take a deep breath. Look at the fact that the OCR is not going to stay low. The cost of borrowing isn’t getting any cheaper any more, household debt is still high. There is increasing pressure being put on the export market because of the high kiwi dollar and there are many other factors that mean that the housing market potentially has a lot to worry about
If you lock in now I feel that you will be safe from the harder times that may be ahead. But if you wait too long it will be harder and this will price the first home buyers out of the market. When the first home buyers become priced out of the market there will be problems with the economy. This will mean that older people are going to be the home owners of the future and the people migrating to New Zealand will also benefit, but the dollar will hinder that as well.
There is too much uncertainty out there at the moment to say that a rebound is happening. If you look at the facts it is clear to see that the sales volume is increasing and that the median is on the way up. But be cautious about the future woes that lie around the corner. If you want to act do it sooner rather than later.
September 15 2009 | The Market | No Comments »
Social Networking has taken the world by storm and it is now the crux of all peoples interaction. The interaction you make with people these days is far different to how it was even 15 years ago. These days you are expected to text and make a call before turning up to someones place. These days it is expected for people to be able to get in touch with you or at least know where and what you are doing almost instantly when they want to know.
This is the age of instant communication and the biggest winner is social networking. Social networking is connecting everyone in the world to one another. This social interaction means there are massive groups of people viewing the same information and exchanging ideas and the like. This type of behaviour has grown a new age of marketing for the people wanting to impress products and information onto people.
This borns the age of social marketing. Social marketing is growing so rapidly and is showing massive success to the people who have adopted the strategies and implemented them into their business model. There is no way of getting out of it. If your not in the social networking circle online your missing out on a big chunk of potential business.
For the Real Estate agent that is trying to make it on the social networks you will be doing alot better than a good 80% of the other agents. If your online and are giving valid information and just being active you will get results that your competitors aren’t. So lets get into the swing of it and get into the areas where potential home sellers are looking and hanging out.
First off (and this isn’t required, but it is if you want to really ROCK) is to be passionate about your business. If you’re not passionate about your business, it will be hard to speak about your business in a way that others want to hear.
There are 9 more of these tips on my blog at deonswiggs.com
A bonus tip here is just remember to try and avoid being too in your face. Dont push your way into conversations and don’t just sell your product. If you mix your personality into your business it will grab more attention than the business itself. Good luck and get involved!
September 10 2009 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Social Networking for Real Estate is where you need to be focusing your marketing time.
In the past we have focused on door knocking and cold calling. These older stratergies did work but there is a more no intrusive and more targeted way of doing this. Here is a saying I like to say: Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don’t.
This is the case when you use social networks and use them to market properly.
I have developed a short presentation on how to use them and what to be aware of. It is the start of a few I will be doing. There will be more technical and directed lessons later,
Click the image below to be taken to the powepoint presentation on Social Networking.
September 08 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments »
