Hi, everyone.
Hubby and I have our house up for sale. It seems that the market is as flat as a tack here, just south of the QLD border in the Tweed shire, NSW. Our house is just lovely with great views, 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 verandah, 2 living areas, fully fenced, etc etc etc... but we can't seem to even get people through the door to look at it.
The real estate agent we have chosen has a capped commission (reason we chose him) and seems to be a nice and genuine guy. He is not recommending we drop our price, since all the other properties in the area are having the same kind of non-response. We put an ad in the paper when we did our first open house, and we are on realestate.com.au
The real estate agent has recommended that ads in the paper are not currently working (said a couple of weeks ago they had 52 open houses and only TWO people in total came). Being pro-active, I have put an ad on trading post online for one month (cost $50), and also on a couple of free internet sites, all referring to the agent as we signed a 3 month exclusive, which expires in one month.
Another idea I have had was to put small classified ads - just a few lines - in lots of the local papers (Sun, Bulletin, Echo etc) for the next open house. I remember when I was looking for my first house, that was where I looked a lot of the time, just the classifieds. I found the big ads too scary! I've not yet done these smaller ads.
Also, the real estate agent has done letter box drops with brochures, in the local area. We get four lots of brochures, apparently, as part of the exclusive. My husband and I requested another 100 of them and we letter boxed dropped them at night when we were walking the dog.
Basically, I am pro active and I want my house sold!!!!!! We have plans and our money is tied up in the property at the moment.
Does ANYONE have ANY ideas about how to get people actually through the door to LOOK at the house???!!!!!!
Any websites that are worth listing on, any anything? Should I dress up in a chicken suit and stand on the corner with a sign and point people in? lol. (now, just kidding with that one!)
Any suggestions are gratefully received.
thanks so much!
YR
p.s. How do I tell if he's a good real estate agent? I have requested new photos be taken, and that was a week and a half ago, and he still hasn't called to arrange a time. I provided him wtih a floor plan of the house, and he said he would use it on the next brochure but so far I've not seen it. I also asked him if he could put it on the realestate.com website.... nope. Also, he told us that each brochure that got printed and delivered, he would give us a copy. I have only seen the one that we actually dropped!
I'm wondering if he is slack because the market is slack, or if the market actually isn't that bad and we would be better off with another real estate agent? I truly don't want to sell it myself - I'd rather use an agent.
Another agent approached me and she has now opened her own real estate office and wants to list our property when the exclusive runs out. She said she could match our agent's commision now that she is working for herself. She just wants to get houses on her books (fair enough!). What do you recommend about having more than one agent on your property? How does that all work?
Hubby and I have our house up for sale. It seems that the market is as flat as a tack here, just south of the QLD border in the Tweed shire, NSW. Our house is just lovely with great views, 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 verandah, 2 living areas, fully fenced, etc etc etc... but we can't seem to even get people through the door to look at it.
The real estate agent we have chosen has a capped commission (reason we chose him) and seems to be a nice and genuine guy. He is not recommending we drop our price, since all the other properties in the area are having the same kind of non-response. We put an ad in the paper when we did our first open house, and we are on realestate.com.au
The real estate agent has recommended that ads in the paper are not currently working (said a couple of weeks ago they had 52 open houses and only TWO people in total came). Being pro-active, I have put an ad on trading post online for one month (cost $50), and also on a couple of free internet sites, all referring to the agent as we signed a 3 month exclusive, which expires in one month.
Another idea I have had was to put small classified ads - just a few lines - in lots of the local papers (Sun, Bulletin, Echo etc) for the next open house. I remember when I was looking for my first house, that was where I looked a lot of the time, just the classifieds. I found the big ads too scary! I've not yet done these smaller ads.
Also, the real estate agent has done letter box drops with brochures, in the local area. We get four lots of brochures, apparently, as part of the exclusive. My husband and I requested another 100 of them and we letter boxed dropped them at night when we were walking the dog.
Basically, I am pro active and I want my house sold!!!!!! We have plans and our money is tied up in the property at the moment.
Does ANYONE have ANY ideas about how to get people actually through the door to LOOK at the house???!!!!!!
Any websites that are worth listing on, any anything? Should I dress up in a chicken suit and stand on the corner with a sign and point people in? lol. (now, just kidding with that one!)
Any suggestions are gratefully received.
thanks so much!
YR
p.s. How do I tell if he's a good real estate agent? I have requested new photos be taken, and that was a week and a half ago, and he still hasn't called to arrange a time. I provided him wtih a floor plan of the house, and he said he would use it on the next brochure but so far I've not seen it. I also asked him if he could put it on the realestate.com website.... nope. Also, he told us that each brochure that got printed and delivered, he would give us a copy. I have only seen the one that we actually dropped!
I'm wondering if he is slack because the market is slack, or if the market actually isn't that bad and we would be better off with another real estate agent? I truly don't want to sell it myself - I'd rather use an agent.
Another agent approached me and she has now opened her own real estate office and wants to list our property when the exclusive runs out. She said she could match our agent's commision now that she is working for herself. She just wants to get houses on her books (fair enough!). What do you recommend about having more than one agent on your property? How does that all work?