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- Selling Your Property and the Emotional Attachment - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2009 from Deon SwiggsIn todays market it is both taking longer to sell your home and harder for buyers finance to be approved. This coupled with what seems prices dropping slightly every month is making for a very interesting and tough market to work and sell in. But there is always ways of making the selling ...
Views: 2174 - Buying Real Estate At Auction Tips - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2009 from Deon SwiggsBUYING AT AUCTION: Auctions can be a daunting time to buy a property as some Auctions you may not have any idea where it might sell or what it is worth. In New Plymouth we have adopted a policy of publishing the Auction Reserve in order for the whole process is transparent. We do about 60% of ...
Views: 1725 - The Three Types of People in the World - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2009 from Deon SwiggsThe recent and ongoing world economic crash is one which will be remembered by everyone for a very long time and will change the way things run and operate in the future forever. This change is not ‘going to happen’, it’s happening and if you think what you used to do will work tomorrow chances ...
Views: 2715(2 votes) - The Future of the Baby Boomer Market - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Deon SwiggsYou have no doubt heard of the “Baby Boomers”, those individuals born between 1943 and 1963. I have written about them and also about their offspring, generation X and the ones after that named generation Y. This is a topic that interests me with a great deal of enthusiasm. The baby boomers are ...
Views: 1418 - Marketing to Generation Y - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Deon SwiggsThis is the 21st Century. Gone are the labourage days and the days where it takes a week to get any type of response to a request. This was what the Baby Boomers and some of the Generation X people went through. This is the communication age. This is the era where we have social networking ...
Views: 2177(2 votes) - Generation Y Real Estate Habits - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Deon SwiggsTo follow on in this series so far with talking on the Baby Boomers and then Generation X, now I want to talk about generation Y. Born between 1980 and 1999 Generation Y are now entering the workforce and stamping their personality all over it. Generation Y represents about 20 – 30% of the total ...
Views: 5194(2 votes) - Generation X Real Estate Habits - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Deon SwiggsGeneration X were the babies born between 1965 and about 1980, the Generation X group is much less concerned with formality and impressing others than previous generations. Instead, group members prefer living wherever, whenever and however they want. Generation X people are now between the ages ...
Views: 5606(2 votes) - Things to Look Out for When Doing a Building Inspection - by Submitted on May 23, 2009 from Deon SwiggsThis guide should help both sellers and buyers to make the selling of your house to make the whole thing a lot more transparent. A good builder friend from New Zealand Home Inspections and me have put this together so that you may use it to your advantage. The information is probably the same as ...
Views: 3468 - Financial Steprs to Buying a Home - by Submitted on May 23, 2009 from Deon SwiggsThis is a small excerpt from an interview I did with a guy named Bill James. Bill is a great financial adviser and I have been working closely with him in creating a book and a workbook that should be ready for print in a few months. I thought this was important for buyers and sellers to ...
Views: 1288(3 votes) - Why Won't It Sell! - by Submitted on May 16, 2009 from Deon SwiggsIf you have your home on the market and wondering why it hasn't sold, don’t get to worried. Take a proactive and approach the three big ‘P’s’ Price Presentation Promotion 1. Price. The market today isn't what it was last year. There are a lot of homes on the market so yours needs to shine ...
Views: 1348 - For Sale By Owner Tips - by Submitted on May 16, 2009 from Deon SwiggsWhen you are looking to put your house on the market there is one of two ways of going. You can do it by yourself privately or you could sell it through an agent. Both have their ups and down as life always does. But this article I am writing for the benefit of those of you who would like to put ...
Views: 1403 - Ways To Deal With Emotional Attachment When Selling Assets - by Submitted on May 16, 2009 from Deon SwiggsIt is very difficult to separate the emotional attachment you have for your home from the financial investment. You have spent a lot of your life in that building and there are many memories. However, when you make the decision to sell, do your best to balance your emotions with this extremely ...
Views: 4422(3 votes) - The Selling Mindset - by Submitted on May 16, 2009 from Deon SwiggsWhat is one of the things that hold back a sale. What is one of the things that prevent a home from getting bids or people to it. Is it the price, is it the marketing? There are so many things out there that give us advise and give us tips and they all work. Everything you do to sell your ...
Views: 2407 - Comfort Zones - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from Deon SwiggsLast night I couldn't sleep. I had things running through my brain, how am I going to do this? How am I going to finish that? How am I going to close this deal?... you get the idea. I was laying there just think till 3am this morning. When I woke up and was in the shower I realised that what I ...
Views: 1309 - Buying a House Cash vs. Subject to Sale - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from Deon SwiggsThis is an increasingly interesting topic that we have seen in todays market. With the average time for a house to sell increasing every month, and now standing at 50 days in New Plymouth, it is harder to sell houses. You as the buyer are taking longer to make the descision to buy, as the rush ...
Views: 3375(15 votes) - A Real Estate Counter Offer: How to Work it and How Not to Blow It - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from Deon SwiggsWhether you are selling or buying a home, the listing price is agonized over from start to finish. Realtors will advise sellers of the comparative market analyses and hopeful “For Sale Buy Owners (FSBO)” will crash open houses trying to set just the right sale price for the home. Buyers will ...
Views: 24794(9 votes) - Negotiation Tips for Real Estate Buyers - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from Deon SwiggsAs you go about shopping for a home on the Real Eestate market, perhaps the most important factors that you need to keep in mind are those associated with negotiating the best price on a home that you are interested in purchasing. By following the tips and suggestions set forth for you here, you ...
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