Monthly Archive: October 2011

Oct 25

Drip Marketing

Tweet Tweet Or as I prefer to call it, Marketing for Drips. I received yet another email in my inbox today trying to convince me to sign up to a drip marketing campaign. It included phrases like ”incorporates a set-it-and-forget-it style contact system” and “Your clients will receive valuable information that positions you as their real estate …

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Oct 23

Understanding Agency

Tweet Tweet I was reading an article on PropertyWire the other day and was reminded of how differently real estate works in various countries around the world.  In some countries such as Holland, there is no buyer agency; Buyers have to go to the listing brokerage to buy a house.  In the U.K. the level …

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Oct 21

The Low-Ball Offer

Tweet Tweet First let’s get some stats out of the way.  In my real estate board (www.ragbos.com), it’s pretty typical for the average sale price to list price ratio to be around 95%.  That means that, assuming a property is priced right for the market, the buyer will end up paying around 95% of the …

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Oct 18

Stats for September 2011

Tweet Tweet Well the numbers are in (again) and just like it felt, the market was soft again in September.  Prices actually came down a little.  Fortunately, we here in Grey/Bruce don’t experience the wild swings that some of the major centres do, but it’s still not good to see prices slide.  For people who …

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