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Steal some show home style to sell your house!

Show homes are professionally and specifically designed to sell a property, but making the most of its every aspect. Lighting, colour and furniture placement all play a part in making a home more desirable, and adding va... Read more

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What are you really selling?

To make sure that your property sells faster make sure that your estate agent realises that they are not selling a property. No, really. Today’s post comes to you from Colleen Babcock, the Marketing Manager for Nor... Read more

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Can you sell your home with Social Media?

These days, 93% of property searches begin online. But ‘online’ means the property portals – Rightmove, Zoopla, On the Market and Primelocation. Not Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and the other social media platform... Read more

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A staging story! Part 3

Styling a house that already looks good: The Reveal! Today’s guest post comes from Anna Hart – a fabulous homestager and good friend. She has been working on a client’s home for me to prepare it for photography... Read more

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A staging story! Part 2

Styling a house that already looks good: Style it up! Today’s guest post comes from Anna Hart – a fabulous homestager and good friend. She has been working on a client’s home for me to prepare it for photograph... Read more

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A staging story! Part 1

Styling a house that already looks good: Preparation Today’s guest post comes from Anna Hart – a fabulous homestager and good friend. She has been working on a client’s home for me to prepare it for p... Read more

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The buyer’s journey through Rightmove (and how it can help you sell your home)

Twenty years ago, a search for your next home would start and end with the estate agent. Agencies were town centre offices, busy with buyers and sellers all day, and the phones ringing off the hook. Ten years ago, agents... Read more

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Lessons from a Surveyor – what sellers need to do to make sure their buyer sticks around

This special guest post comes to us from Andy Jones (FRICS), a practicing Chartered Building Surveyor tells it like it is! Hi, I’m Andy, and I&#... Read more

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A day in the life of an Estate Agent!

Today’s guest post is by Andy Davies, of James Neave Estate Agent in Walton on Thames. It’s a great insight into what an agent actually does all day! (PS this post was the size of War and Peace and has had to... Read more

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Move those bins

This guest post is brought to you by Danielle Whitby of JB and B Leach Estate Agents Having been involved in selling property now for just short of 17 years (I do believe I look old enough) I find most motivated vendors ... Read more