When you’re selling a property, do you always attend the viewings? If so, it’s only natural – it’s your home and you understandably want to gauge the opinion(s) of potential buyer(s). But is this the best thing fo…
The most important decision that you make before selling your property relates to the price: how much is your house worth and what price should it be marketed it at? There are several factors to consider when sett…
Just a quick post today to ask: are you getting any serious interest from buyers? If not, one option is to reset your expectations and drop your asking price. But before you do that, please consider these three id…
Imagine you’re shopping. You don’t have any money to spend and you see something that you have to have. “If only I had the money, I’d buy it like a shot!” So you go home, save up as quickly as possible and return…
What would you do if your neighbour’s house was up for sale and you were planning to sell? Would you perceive this to be a good thing? Or would you wait until they’ve sold? Perhaps you don’t need to imagine and th…
Lots of people don’t want to have a “for sale” board outside their property. And they sometimes have justifiable reasons – “it’s a security risk”; “I don’t want my neighbours to know”; “I don’t want people to knoc…
If you haven’t used a property auction before, it can seem like a bit of a risky business, especially when the average selling time is so short (just 6 to 8 weeks at Open Door). Some vendors worry that they won’t…
How’s your sale going? If you’ve been on the market for a while, you might have asked yourself the following question: “Do I need to reduce my price to sell?” This is a decision that many people make. They stay on…
At Open Door, we often get asked, “Should I use more than one agent to sell my property?” Once upon a time, this would have made perfect sense. Before properties were advertised online, how else could you make sur…
Home staging can make a big difference to your selling strategy. It’s very simple, as we explain here, and you can get plenty of inspiration from show homes. However, what you don’t want to do is end up with a pro…
