estate agents: hampstead, north west london
Evaluating Estate Agents
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 estate 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 estate agent have the relevant estate agency
qualifications?
- Is the estate 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 estate 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 estate
agent help you sell your home?
- Has the estate agent 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 estate 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 any
Estate Agents, it's your agreement, subject to your
satisfaction.
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