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Selling independently vs. using an Estate Agent

This guest post is brought to you by Alex Sebuliba on behalf of Martin & Co. Martin & Co are a UK based national Lettings agency who offer service to tenants, landlords, sellers, buyers and investors. With over 2... Read more

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Lessons from Wimbledon and Andy Murray: Friday – Trust your coach!

It’s Friday and the last in my mini-series of learning from Andy Murray to help you sell your house! However on top of their game Andy is, if he wants to stay there, he knows he has to defer to his coach for advi... Read more

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Lessons from Wimbledon and Andy Murray: Thursday – Compete

Fourth in my five-part series with the shamelessly contrived theme of Wimbledon! Andy Murray is exceptionally competitive. To him, winning is everything. Coming second is no consolation – it just means not winning. H... Read more

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Lessons from Wimbledon and Andy Murray: Wednesday – Adapt!

Welcome to Wednesday and the third in my series themed on Wimbledon. In his book, Adapt – Why Success Always Starts With Failure – Tim Harford explains we must adapt—improvise rather than plan, work from the bottom... Read more

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Lessons from Wimbledon and Andy Murray: Tuesday – Innovate

Day 2 of my series celebrating Andy Murray’s fantastic win and hopefully, the sale of your home! Andy Murray and the rest of the world’s elite tennis players really are creative in their game. They innovate c... Read more

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Lessons from Wimbledon and Andy Murray: Monday – Determination

Well done Andy!! I think I speak for the entire nation when I say that I was very proud of our ‘grumpy Scot’ yesterday. I think my whole village heard my shouts of delight when that ball went in the net and... Read more

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Is the grass greener on your side?

Just seconds into a first meeting we form an impression of people based on their appearance and how they’re dressed, and it’s much the same with the first sight of a front garden. If you’re selling your house the p... Read more

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10 Step guide to clutter free selling

One of the things that is guaranteed to be a ‘put-off’ to potential buyers when it comes to selling your house, is clutter. Clutter tends to fall into three distinct categories when you’re selling; the first of whi... Read more

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What becomes of the Broken Hearted? Refueling your desire to sell your home.

Julie Stevens of Younique Designs Ltd is a professional Home Stager. If you have been trying to sell your home for some months and possibly even had a sale fall through you could find yourself broken hearted, demotivat... Read more

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Guerrilla marketing ideas to market your home to females

This month we’ve been looking at how to market your home towards females, and this week we’re specifically focusing on Guerrilla marketing. Some of our favourite examples from around the world include the US brand Ta... Read more