Thuis in Vastgoed is beoordeeld met een 9.5 op basis van 381 reviews
Een funda gebruiker
7
Expertise
7
Local market knowledge
6
Price / quality
5
Service and guidance
Review
Due to the shrinking housing market and falling prices, there was little glory in selling the house. In consultation with the real estate agent, various things were tried: after initially trying regular sales, switching to an auction to sell it and later still significantly lowering the price. The auction only worked partially; it did attract more attention (many extra viewers, an article in Het Parool and an offer to appear on a TV program; unfortunately there wasn't enough time for that last one), but it didn't result in a sale. Ultimately, a sale could be facilitated by accepting an offer at the lower end of the hoped-for asking price. The real estate agent did try his best, but I missed taking that extra step. My expectation pattern/hope was that a real estate agent would attract more potential buyers to sell the house, but in the end it had to come from me buying it myself. Perhaps because offers were low, but when a house is already empty as a seller you simply have more urgency to sell and expect an agent to act on this. In this regard, I believe the real estate agent could have done more. An improvement point for the real estate agent in my view would be proactivity (assessing what the buyer wants/ expects and responding promptly). The idea of the auction did come from the real estate agent, but another sales strategy had to be requested first by me as a seller.
Response
"After various initiatives that garnered a lot of free media attention but attracted few serious prospects, we were pleased for our client that there was eventually a buyer found, thanks also to our persistence. Unfortunately, this buyer did not want to pay the minimum price set by our client. Therefore, we made several attempts to negotiate with this party to increase their offer, but only partially succeeded. We were surprised that our client still wished to sell below the minimum price, but understood his considerations. Ultimately, this transaction was one of few in this part of Amsterdam during the first quarter of 2013."
Response from Thuis in Vastgoed
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"Yes, I recommend this real estate agent!"
