Whatever your reason for selling, whether you’re downsizing, upsizing, moving suburbs, states, or countries, knowing your suburb can be the key to targeting the right buyers.
It was hard enough figuring out how to buy that house in the first place wasn’t it? But with that done, how on earth do you go about selling it?
Know your suburb
Knowing your own suburb, from a real estate perspective, can help you understand who might want to buy your house. Knowing what’s selling around you for what price can give valuable insight and help you make sense of some information your agent is passing you.
You can get a free suburb report from realestate.com.au, which will also qualify you to receive the free guide ‘Insiders Guide to Selling’ which should help to get you started.
Knowing your suburb can help you understand who might want to buy your house.
Get the right agent
Selling doesn’t have to be an onerous task, all you need is the right agent. One who has the time for you, understands your needs, knows the area you’re selling in and has experience selling properties of a similar size and price. Often you can’t tick all the boxes in one agency…
… but you can try!
Shop around and do your research. Look at various agents and what they offer. Would you buy the first house you looked at? No, probably not, so you don’t have to pick the first agent you talk to.
But I don’t know any agents?
Searching for something you don’t know the name of is a near impossible task. Frustrating to the extreme, you can end up going in circles not knowing whom to trust.
Our find an agent search should help. Just type in your suburb and get a list of who works in your area. A great first step to finding that all important connection to potential buyers.
There’s also a wealth of information in our Selling Guide to help you on your way on turn that ‘For Sale’ sign into a big ‘ol SOLD sign.
This article was originally published on
28 Aug 2013 at 10:43am
but has been regularly updated to keep the information current.