{"id":1754,"date":"2023-02-09T10:37:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T10:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2023-02-09T10:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T10:37:11","slug":"what-agents-do-viewings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/what-agents-do-viewings\/","title":{"rendered":"What Agents Do&#8230; Viewings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single_post_subtitle\">\n<div id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_subtitle\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module widget-type-rich_text\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"widget\" data-hs-cos-type=\"module\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #618899;\">In this quick read, we talk about how viewings are not as simple as they may seem.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>The layman\u2019s view of an estate agent is simply someone who shows prospective buyers round properties. Whilst understandable, this simplistic perspective belies the fact that the well-trained agent knows how to maximize the viewing opportunity with the specific objective of prompting a sale.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst \u201cshowing someone round\u201d might appear straightforward, vendors who do this themselves as opposed to allowing their agent to do so may be missing out on opportunities on several fronts.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, a good agent recognizes that they cannot \u201cforce\u201d someone to buy a property. However, they can encourage buyers to buy a specific property in comparison to others on the market, based on a good understanding of the buyer\u2019s specific needs, and importantly of those areas in which compromise might be found. Most buyers compromise on something! A specific vendor only wants to sell\u00a0<em>their<\/em>\u00a0property and generally has no idea of the buyer\u2019s needs in the context of their stated preferences.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a process involved as well as a degree of psychology. Most people prefer to view a property at least twice before committing. The first viewing is really to \u201cget a feel\u201d for the property \u2013 \u201ccould we be happy here?\u201d Yet vendors often try to impress with logical\/factual statements that would be better kept for a second viewing.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, buyers prefer to discuss their plans for a property out of the earshot of the vendor and accompanied viewings allow them the space to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a good agent is trained to spot buying signs and knows how to act on them, thereby helping the buyer to make a decision that genuinely is in the best interests of buyer and seller alike, resulting in a successful sale that will indeed go through to a satisfactory completion. If this is what you\u2019re after then\u00a0why not call us on 01323 440678.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #618899;\">If you&#8217;re thinking of selling your property, get in touch with us today.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #618899;\">We&#8217;re ready to help you make your next move.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this quick read, we talk about how viewings are not as simple as they may seem. The layman\u2019s view of an estate agent is simply someone who shows prospective buyers round properties. Whilst understandable, this simplistic perspective belies the fact that the well-trained agent knows how to maximize the viewing opportunity with the specific [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,24],"class_list":["post-1754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-advice-from-our-team","tag-advice","tag-richard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1765,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions\/1765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}