Information and advice on legal, contractual and practical aspects of selling South African property.
| Adding Value When Selling If you wish your home to fetch a top price when selling, you need to spend | Agent's Exclusive Mandate The seller and the real estate agent have conflicting interests in the sal | Avoid paying double commission Ive spoken to a number of property sellers who, after thinking that everyt |
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| The game is Flinch - Loser takes the house In a sellers market, where home buyers far out-number sellers, you need a | The No-Price Advantage No-price marketing has a great potential to obtain the highest possible pu | The People You Will Meet If you think that you know everything about people, and can get along plea |
| Top tips for sellers Here are my inexpensive interior design tips and advice on preparing a hom | Why agents are bad for the market What use is a sellers market if sellers cannot take full advantage of the | Why do people auction their properties? Auctions accelerate the property sale process. Home sellers who can or do |