Archive for October, 2011

Estate agents need to take the lead – now?

October 31, 2011 by RealisingReality · 1 Comment
Filed under: Estate Agents, House Price Valuation, Moving Experiences 

The thing is, everything has gone pear-shaped in the housing market with far too many houses for sale and not enough sales being completed. Even Phil Spencer, working flat out to close sales, is not going to be enough to plug this sized gap.
The most significant difficulty causing the market to fail is undoubtedly [...]

What needs to be done to RESET the housing market?

October 19, 2011 by RealisingReality · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Estate Agents, House Price Valuation 

So, what could estate agents do to restore activity in the housing market?
To my mind, first of all, unless houses are priced within the valuation range, and well-presented, why would they ever sell – except by some kind of fluke!
For my money, it’s the estate agent’s ‘job’ to make sure that each house they are [...]

For stability, we need some house-valuation techniques that work more accurately than the ones we have at present

October 10, 2011 by RealisingReality · 2 Comments
Filed under: Estate Agents, House Price Valuation 

We’re looking for an edge, to offer a better service, than that currently provided by estate agents. That is why we have developed this web site.
Our stance is to embrace ‘valuation techniques’ to a greater extent than estate agents do and thus help people to price houses more accurately in the marketplace.
The purpose of [...]

WHY is the housing market stagnating?

October 4, 2011 by RealisingReality · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Estate Agents, House Price Valuation 

Average asking prices are currently £231,543 whereas average sold prices are £164,000 (recent Land Registry figures). What does this say about current house-marketing methods by estate agents??? Something urgently needs to be done to correct this appalling mismatch, which is crippling the housing market by driving buyers away, just when they are [...]