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If you have seen a house online, from a board or in the newspaper that interests you then these steps will help you know how to go about it. Step 1: Contact the agent selling the property: Major website portals have a contact agent button or a request further details button. This will send the agent a direct email with your details on for them to contact you to arrange times and dates. To be really old school , call the agents phone number listed. The agent should ask your basic details aswel

This must be a very common question that runs through people’s minds when trawling through property details. As a property expert of over 15 years I’d love to say I have mastered a perfect formula ! Take the house price minus 12% divide by how many fence panels it has and number of cars on the drive plus £10,000! But guess what …. I don’t! The amount you would get off a house asking price will vary depending on a lot of factor. Mainly interest level. If it’s just come onto the market it wi

Or how long is a piece of string! Well I’d like to think the years of experience and knowledge have got me to a more accurate answer. The power of rightmove has helped answer this question with the availability of statistics. They don’t answer everything but they paint a decent picture. When your property is new to the market it has a huge spike in views and enquiries. This is obviously because nobody has seen it before and it could of been what they have been waiting for. Also during the

Welcome to the first of my blogs regarding the property market. The good the bad and the ugly will be discussed as I go through my journey in the property market on a daily basis. In case you don’t know me that well I have been at the coalface of Stratfords since 2001 and yes people, I must of started at 10! Actually I had work experience with David here when I was at school years before coming round to actually working here for real and running the sales department. My topic this week is