• Big savings
• You know your own home
• No middle man
• You can be more competitive
• Less stress and pain
• Eliminate time wasting
• No conditioning

Big savings

The main motivation for selling your home privately is to save money and retain your property’s equity. Real estate agents make 3% commission. On a property worth $300, 000 you would pay $9,000 to a real estate agent. Think of it as the cost to sell the property, it is a lot of money for arranging advertising and viewings.

Do you think you can sell your property for less than that? What can an estate agent do that you can’t do? With our packages we can help you advertise your property.

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You know your own home

You are better equipped than a stranger to talk about your home. You may have lived there for years and will know the neighbourhood, restaurants, shops, schools and transport links.

By selling your own property. You will also be in control of the viewings and security. You vet potential buyers yourself. Make sure you get their name and contact number. See our guide to selling for more info. You can arrange viewings to suit you and there will be no surprise visits from estate agents. You can choose to keep the inside of the house tidy for viewings only. We recommend that you do not have ‘open house’ inspections as these are hard to manage and are not very secure.

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No middle man

The sale may be quicker without estate agents. Buyers have direct contact with you. The negotiations are more transparent. You can discuss price with the buyers directly, no chinese whispers between owner, agent and buyer. You’ll also be able to hear from the buyers what is right or wrong with the property and make the appropriate changes.

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You can be more competitive

In a buyer’s market you can discount on price. If a similar house to yours was for sell in your street, you could drop the price and make it more appealing to buyers. You are saving on the agent’s commission so you can afford to be more competitive.

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Less stress and pain

Moving home is one of the most stressful events in your life. Selling your own property puts you in control, reduces stress and eliminates time wasting. You know
at every stage what is going on. You will no longer make unanswered calls to estate agents, or wait for vital feedback. You can ask buyers for their comments.

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Eliminate time wasting

Vetting buyers yourself means you can suss out those who seem genuinely interested. Estate agents often send buyers to view properties that they cannot afford. This is to make the owner believe that the ‘market’ is not willing to pay the advertised price. Being sent the wrong buyers delays the process. The house will look stale and other buyers will give it a wide berth as they think there is something wrong with it. As a result of this time wasting the vendor will often feel pressurised to drop their asking price. This is frustrating for the vendor. If a property was ‘under sold’ the estate agent still makes their commission.

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No Conditioning

One reason why estate agents have such a bad reputation is because many adopt a process called conditioning. Conditioning has become part of the real estate market because many agents over value properties to get customers/vendors on their books. More...

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