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Any homeowner, when deciding to sell his apartment, wants to get the best price for his property. In this context, it must be decided whether to carry out the entire transaction on its own account or to cooperate with a real estate agency. Selling the apartment on your own seems like a tempting idea, but anyone who tries it will run into a number of problems, eventually turning to an agency. Why?
The high price of ads
If you want, as an individual, to promote your ad for the sale of the apartment on the profile sites, you will find from the start that it is very expensive. Promoting and updating your ad on these sites costs tens of euros, and over time hundreds or thousands are collected, without the guarantee of completing the transaction, finding a buyer.
By calling an agency, it promotes your property for you on the most searched real estate sites, so that the ad is as visible as possible to potential buyers, your only cost being the commission you will pay only at the end and only if the transaction is completed successfully.
In addition, an experienced real estate agent will write the sale of your property in such a way that it is as well valued as possible.
Customer portfolio
The moment you try to sell a property on your own, you practically start from scratch. Initially, you have no potential buyers.
By offering it for promotion to an agency, it will come from the beginning with a portfolio of clients. Just as the agency has a broad portfolio of properties for sale, it also has a portfolio of clients who are actively looking to buy. Chances are, therefore, that your property is exactly what one of the agency's clients is looking for and that the transaction will be completed in record time.
Customer selection
When trying to sell a property on your own, customer selection can be one of the difficulties. Not everyone who calls you will be really interested in buying, not everyone will have the money, some may not be polite, etc., making you waste your time and nerves.
The agency does the same for you - it selects customers so that only those who are really interested in your property get to the viewing, so that meetings with potential buyers are not a waste of time and energy. The chances of one of the clients selected by the agency slapping you are higher than when those "hanging" on various sites or social networks come to watch.
Correct valuation of the property
When you try to sell an apartment as an individual, you are tempted to put as high a price as possible, a price that is sometimes unrealistic. You will initially rejoice at the thought of the money you will have in your account after the completion of the transaction, but you will find, after a while, that no one is interested in buying, because most likely your property is not valued correctly, as a price - surface - finishes - area, etc.
Using the services of an agency, you will benefit from a correct valuation of your property, because professional real estate brokers know the price of the area, how much the apartments are sold on the street or in your block and where the apartment you sell is located, compared to others - if you can trade it with an amount above the area average, being better finished, furnished, compartmentalized.
An agency can advise you on the starting price, so that your chances of selling quickly and profitably are maximized.
Acts
Even if you know that you have all the documents in order, maybe there are some that you are missing, because they were not mandatory a few years ago. Energy certificate, for example. Or you may not know what documents you need and the notarial steps required to conclude the sale-purchase contract. Chances are that the buyer you found does not know what documents he needs and then you will need to arm yourself, in order to complete the transaction, with a lot of time and nerves to complete all the documents.
The agency can save you from this hassle and hassle, informing you exactly what documents are required, both you and the buyer, making it easier for you to obtain documents, such as energy certificate, survey, etc., by scheduling at notary, checking the documents before presenting yourself at the notary's office, so that the signing of the final sale-purchase contract can be done without stress and without problems.
So, using the services of a real estate agency, when you decide to sell a property, you make the transaction more relaxed, without worries and problems. The agency will take care of promoting the property on the best profile sites, so that the ad will be as visible as possible for potential buyers; will bring you clients from your own portfolio, already existing; it will select your buyers, so that only those who are really interested can reach the viewing; it will help you to evaluate the property correctly, so that you get the best price, in the shortest time, so that the chances of your apartment being sold are optimized; will help you throughout the transaction, both you and the buyer, with everything related to the documents and their completion at a notary office. And in the end you will pay only one commission once, established by contract with the agency at the beginning of the collaboration. If the transaction does not end, you will have nothing to pay. Trying to sell your property yourself, if, for various reasons, it is not traded, you will be left with wasted time, energy consumed and money spent unnecessarily on expensive promotional ads.
The high price of ads
If you want, as an individual, to promote your ad for the sale of the apartment on the profile sites, you will find from the start that it is very expensive. Promoting and updating your ad on these sites costs tens of euros, and over time hundreds or thousands are collected, without the guarantee of completing the transaction, finding a buyer.
By calling an agency, it promotes your property for you on the most searched real estate sites, so that the ad is as visible as possible to potential buyers, your only cost being the commission you will pay only at the end and only if the transaction is completed successfully.
In addition, an experienced real estate agent will write the sale of your property in such a way that it is as well valued as possible.
Customer portfolio
The moment you try to sell a property on your own, you practically start from scratch. Initially, you have no potential buyers.
By offering it for promotion to an agency, it will come from the beginning with a portfolio of clients. Just as the agency has a broad portfolio of properties for sale, it also has a portfolio of clients who are actively looking to buy. Chances are, therefore, that your property is exactly what one of the agency's clients is looking for and that the transaction will be completed in record time.
Customer selection
When trying to sell a property on your own, customer selection can be one of the difficulties. Not everyone who calls you will be really interested in buying, not everyone will have the money, some may not be polite, etc., making you waste your time and nerves.
The agency does the same for you - it selects customers so that only those who are really interested in your property get to the viewing, so that meetings with potential buyers are not a waste of time and energy. The chances of one of the clients selected by the agency slapping you are higher than when those "hanging" on various sites or social networks come to watch.
Correct valuation of the property
When you try to sell an apartment as an individual, you are tempted to put as high a price as possible, a price that is sometimes unrealistic. You will initially rejoice at the thought of the money you will have in your account after the completion of the transaction, but you will find, after a while, that no one is interested in buying, because most likely your property is not valued correctly, as a price - surface - finishes - area, etc.
Using the services of an agency, you will benefit from a correct valuation of your property, because professional real estate brokers know the price of the area, how much the apartments are sold on the street or in your block and where the apartment you sell is located, compared to others - if you can trade it with an amount above the area average, being better finished, furnished, compartmentalized.
An agency can advise you on the starting price, so that your chances of selling quickly and profitably are maximized.
Acts
Even if you know that you have all the documents in order, maybe there are some that you are missing, because they were not mandatory a few years ago. Energy certificate, for example. Or you may not know what documents you need and the notarial steps required to conclude the sale-purchase contract. Chances are that the buyer you found does not know what documents he needs and then you will need to arm yourself, in order to complete the transaction, with a lot of time and nerves to complete all the documents.
The agency can save you from this hassle and hassle, informing you exactly what documents are required, both you and the buyer, making it easier for you to obtain documents, such as energy certificate, survey, etc., by scheduling at notary, checking the documents before presenting yourself at the notary's office, so that the signing of the final sale-purchase contract can be done without stress and without problems.
So, using the services of a real estate agency, when you decide to sell a property, you make the transaction more relaxed, without worries and problems. The agency will take care of promoting the property on the best profile sites, so that the ad will be as visible as possible for potential buyers; will bring you clients from your own portfolio, already existing; it will select your buyers, so that only those who are really interested can reach the viewing; it will help you to evaluate the property correctly, so that you get the best price, in the shortest time, so that the chances of your apartment being sold are optimized; will help you throughout the transaction, both you and the buyer, with everything related to the documents and their completion at a notary office. And in the end you will pay only one commission once, established by contract with the agency at the beginning of the collaboration. If the transaction does not end, you will have nothing to pay. Trying to sell your property yourself, if, for various reasons, it is not traded, you will be left with wasted time, energy consumed and money spent unnecessarily on expensive promotional ads.
