While we often comment on the national market one thing that has been increasingly making itself evident these past few months is that any general, national commentary is almost always fatally incorrect in any local market! So, what I\u2019m saying is that economics \u201csoothsayer\u2019s\u201d comment and or prediction, while to be taken notice of, will not reflect what\u2019s going on in our region, our locality and certainly not in your street.<\/p>\n
While nationally, listings are as scarce, as ever, well presented and priced homes continue to be contested. There are two lessons there: <\/p>\n
For vendors the need to present a fresh, tidy, uncluttered home is imperative if we are to attract the very canny buyers in the market at present.
\nFor buyers, we note the intense competition for those few well presented and priced homes on the market and often see disappointed purchasers who\u2019ve perhaps left their offer a little too late and are repeatedly on the outer in multi offer situations. A case of \u201che who hesitates seems to regularly lose\u201d to coin and amend that phrase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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