Are You Considering Moving Home?
If you’ve moved home before, you’ll know how stressful and daunting it can be.
While the aim of an estate agent is to relieve the stress and make the purchase and sale process much easier, choosing the wrong agent to sell your house can have the opposite effect.
In a recent study carried out by Which, over 2,500 homeowners were surveyed about their most recent experiences of buying and selling property. Most respondents used an estate agent (86%) making it the most popular way to sell. Only 48% of those sellers reported no problems with their estate agent and 47% had at least one problem with their agent.
Choosing the right agent is essential – but how do you go about it and what do you need to look out for to ensure the process is made easier?
The highest valuation isn’t always best!
It’s important that when you have your property valued, you aren’t tempted to go with the agent that values your house the highest. Although it’s tempting, it’s important that your property isn’t over-valued as it can backfire in the long-term. Not only will it take longer to sell, you could end up having to drop the selling price and with a property languishing on the market for months any interested parties will most likely go in with a fairly low offer with the view that you are keen to secure a sale at any cost.
At Roxburgh Group, we use our intimate local knowledge of the nuances within the Ayrshire property market along with comparative recent sales in your specific area to provide an accurate property valuation. Roxburgh Group has been established in the area for over 50 years and this has given us unrivalled in-depth local knowledge. We understand the types of properties that are most in demand at any given time, the average sale times in each area and local market fluctuations. This helps us to accurately value your property to increase competition which in turn pushes up the overall sale price and limit the time it will take to sell. We won’t promise sky high prices, because it simply isn’t realistic.
Choose an agency with a database of active buyers
As well as knowing how your property compares to other similar properties on the market, we also have a pool of prospective buyers on our database – all pre-vetted and ready to move. As soon as we take on a listing, we know in the back of our minds who is ready to buy and actively seeking a similar property. We can present your property to these buyers as soon as we have secured the listing.
Combining services
With an Insurance and Financial Services division within the Roxburgh Group brand, we have a wide-reaching clientele and find that there is a large amount of crossover. For clients who have appreciated a diligent and responsive service from us in other areas, when it comes to selling their home, they know they are dealing with a company that they can trust. Helping our clients to enjoy a balanced and stable financial future is what we do, and selling your home is no different. We know it’s an important (and most likely your most valuable) asset and so we never underestimate how essential it is to achieve a good sale price for our clients.
Roxburgh Group is a local estate agent with in-depth knowledge of the Ayrshire property market. Whether you’re buying, selling, renting or letting residential or commercial property in our corner of Scotland contact us today for friendly, professional advice.
