ESTATE AGENCIES Dartmouth’s
Estate Agencies With an active and valuable property market, vendors and buyers are well serviced by a good number of professional and active estate agencies, each of which have their own strengths and ‘personality’. By The Dart visited each in turn to ask them what made them special and how they viewed the current market and its prospects.
“Confidence is always key in any property market and we see this returning now after the election” Stags
“I don’t recall having so many buyers ready to act but with too few properties to satisfy their interest” Savills
“The market is healthier but still fragile as buyers remain cautious” The Coastal House
“It’s a better time now for vendors to list their properties. But price expectations have to be sensible” Richard Blake
“Dartmouth remains popular but the supply of stock hasn’t really increased” Marchand Petit
“It’s still a buyers market but if a property is priced correctly and shows well, it will get offers” Freeborns
“Demand is stronger than supply presently and there are some good buyers out there looking for the right place to purchase” Fulfords
| ESTATE AGENTS JULIE HILL OWNER Viewing recommended of our new fully responsive website
What is The Coastal House’ unique selling point? We sell property within a 6 mile radius of the coast or river, across all types or property and price points. We focus our attention on clearly defining our brand values and differences. You see this in the attention we give to marketing ourselves and our clients’ properties – be it on our website, window display boards, brochures etc. I am a qualified photographer and I personally take all the photographs to maintain a consistent and high standard that portrays a property in its very best light. We have a ‘blue sky’ policy for all our photographs and our brochures are produced offsite to a high standard. We work closely with clients to build the right brochure and particulars to sell the property – we even invite owners’ comments into this, which is very well received by potential buyers. We’ve relaunched our website this year – it’s mobile
In branch, online and on the move
friendly, updated frequently and of very high quality. We are very proud of it. Unlike other agents we keep an office in Kingswear. Michele Stevens who manages that office has long experience and knowledge of this much sought- after village, which is a real strength for both buyers and vendors.
14 Mayors Avenue Dartmouth TQ6 9NG 01803 835788 7 Fore Street Kingswear TQ6 0AD 01803 752321
info@thecoastalhouse.co.uk thecoastalhouse.co.uk
How do you read the current market? The market is healthier but still fragile as buyers remain cautious. The market shocks we all experienced 8 years ago are still playing out and some big economic uncertainties persist. Nonetheless, there is more stability now the election is out of the way. The pick up in instructions after the election has been
slower than we’d expect – we think vendors are still waiting for prices to recover more strongly but the fragility of the market could easily dash those hopes. Buyers have so much more knowledge nowadays; they’ve
access to more information about price comparisons and price trends. Estate agents have to be professional – you can’t ‘flannel’ a buyer so a vendor needs to be sensible with price expectations if they want to sell quickly. A vendor has to listen to the market as much as ever.
What advice would you give to vendors and buyers? There’s a lot of frustration with the more drawn out conveyance process. Everybody’s being more cautious, mortgage lending is tighter etc. But if there’s a will to act quickly on all sides, good preparation by vendors before they hit the market and decent communication to reduce the stress in the process then it’s still possible to complete the process quickly. Buyers should make sure they’ve got their proof of funds
ready before they make an offer – it will always put them in a better position when negotiating with vendors and gives them a first mover advantage over other buyers to secure the property they really want.
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