it’s a good idea to maybe you know speak to local people if you can obviously if you’re if you’re selling locally you will you will have a good Network yourself so that’s a good way of finding out who is worth giving your business to another thing to do is quiz the agent on their figures find out where
they got this data from what they’re Valuers blue mountains basing it on the art of Property valuation now is no longer mystical as it once was agents used to have a really good vantage point on the market where they would probably be one of the only people in town that would know vital data for Property valuation now this isn’t the case you’ve got access as a consumer to huge amounts
of market data valuing becomes a lot more transparent so I would be asking where are those figures coming from talk me through how you arrived at this price you won’t have a very good idea what your house is worth anyway tip number three get more than one Property valuation but be wary of the highest Property valuation why a common trick in the state agency is to go out and see your client just like you sit down value the house
and so let’s say for example a house is worth two bit terrorists sent opens four hundred and fifty thousand pounds you go out and see the client you sit down you go oh yes madam no problem professional property valuers can get you a sale at four hundred and ninety five thousand pounds no problem just sign the contract today and Property valuers will be away the problem is as soon as you sign that contract you could be signing
yourself up to weeks and that’s a long time if they can’t sell the house at the price they promised so it’s a common agency trick for people to come in overvalue the house tie you into a long contract and then slowly over time you’ll get the oh I think commercial property valuers need to adjust our position in the market speech where your price will be hammered down you don’t want to be in that position it’s not good for you it’s not good for your sale it’s great for the agent but you’re actually losing out as a consumer and it’s a it’s quite a questionable practice although sadly not illegal be very wary
of that tip number four when you’re looking at prices and when you have the figures from the agent in front of you Property valuers know it’s difficult when you see a lot of people all in one morning and it can get a bit kind of or the same speech again look at the figures they’re giving you the important thing to note is if you’re looking at lots of figures and they say oh certified property valuers sold this last week unfortunately agents have got the reputation they’ve got because it’s true a lot of them do lie so they will come
out and they’ll say yeah we told that one last week at the asking price you’re not going to find that out for three months until the land registry is updated and sometimes they sold it for below the asking price this is the thing you’ve got to be really careful of you’ve got to make sure that the person