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VAN WEENEN
ESTATE AGENTS
W2013 Housing Market Update By Haydn van Weenen
e would like to wish everyone in reviewed the number of sales since then, we all do the same. However it is our levels of Olney and the surrounding villages a have been fortunate to sell more property service that set us apart along with
Happy and Healthy 2013. Hopefully, than in previous years. This is down to competitive selling fees. Whether you are
by the time you read this, the snow will have offering the same high standard of personal paying your agent 1.25% like us, or 2% like cleared and life will have pretty much service and maintaining competitive costs. some others in Olney, itʼs the same phone call
returned to normal. (We certainly hope so!)
In the past agents would, and still do, charge their 1.5% - 2% selling fees (plus VAT), as they have high overheads with expensive retail spaces. This is no longer the case, and so Van Weenenʼs will continue to charge 1.25% yet not compromise on service.
from Rightmove for a request to view your home.
For many a New Year means a new home. Whether you are looking for more space, less space, or just looking to free up some equity to help sons and daughters get on the housing ladder, we at Van Weenenʼs are focussed on helping you achieve just that.
Once you instruct an agent, usually what happens is that they: 1) Ring out to buyers on their books. (Pretty much all agents have the same people registered from the Internet). 2) Prepare and send out sales particulars to clients registered. (Same people). 3) Put a board up generating phone and email enquiries. 4) Upload details to websites like Rightmove and sit back and wait for the phone to ring.
So if you are considering selling now or in the future, please call us and arrange a free no obligation valuation of your property from me, Haydn van Weenen. For over ten years now I have been serving the people of Olney and the surrounding villages, and with my staff, we remain 100% focussed on doing the job.
With the internet taking over the majority of retail businesses (with recent examples of Comet, Jessops and HMV closing from fierce competition from internet companies like Amazon and Lovefilm) this is proof that Van Weenenʼs made the right decision to move offices last June 2012.
My objective - to keep doing it.
Since our move, the Internet now is our show room, instead of the redundant retail shop window (like Comet and HMV) and having
I am the only agent in Olney without the monthly income from property rentals, and whose name is on the door and ultimately responsible.
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Haydn van Weenen
For a free valuation, please call Haydn on 01234 714003 or email sales@vanweenens.com www.vanweenens.com
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Remember No Sale – No Fees!
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