{"id":135808,"date":"2016-10-17T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=135808"},"modified":"2016-10-17T07:35:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T05:35:07","slug":"5-things-you-shouldnt-say-to-prospective-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/10\/17\/5-things-you-shouldnt-say-to-prospective-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things you shouldn&#8217;t say to prospective buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>5 bits of advice from estate agents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You have approached an agent to sell your <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/homes.germistoncitynews.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">home<\/a><\/strong>. Let them do their job.<\/li>\n<li>Welcome buyers your agent brings around and then keep yourself to one side without interfering.<\/li>\n<li>Things you regard as perks or reasons to buy your home, may not appeal to a potential buyer.\u00a0By boasting about things that you regard as perks, you may actually be putting potential buyers off.<\/li>\n<li>Remember that you do not know what the prospective buyer is looking for or what their circumstances and needs are. Nor do you know why they are interested in moving to your area.<\/li>\n<li>Only volunteer information on amenities or anything else when asked directly by the buyer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>5 things you shouldn&#8217;t say to prospective buyers<\/h2>\n<p><strong>We\u2019ve decided to leave the country and all that\u2019s left to do is to sell the house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/10\/emigration.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-123258\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/10\/emigration.jpg\" alt=\"emigration\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>You have just made them aware of the urgency of the sale which may adversely affect negotiating a price.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We love our house, but it\u2019s become too small for us.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/10\/home-insurance-136396399223603901-150223162704.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-123259\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/10\/home-insurance-136396399223603901-150223162704.jpg\" alt=\"home-insurance-136396399223603901-150223162704\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The buyer may have a similar size family and plans to grow their family. Their idea of space may differ from yours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The kids have all left home and it\u2019s too expensive for us to run.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/10\/timthumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-123262\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/10\/timthumb.jpg\" alt=\"timthumb\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buyers might second guess whether they can afford the property or whether they need so much space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quite a few people have been to see the house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/10\/10-fingers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-123264\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/10\/10-fingers.jpg\" alt=\"10 fingers\" width=\"615\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interested buyers may start wondering why no one else has put in an offer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m selling because my divorce has just gone through and I want to get away from the memories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/10\/dimensioneshyperdimensions18_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-123270\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/10\/dimensioneshyperdimensions18_04.jpg\" alt=\"dimensioneshyperdimensions18_04\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The buyers may be newlyweds buying their first <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/homes.germistoncitynews.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">home<\/a><\/strong>. They may not want to buy a house with negative vibes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='f38b1f492e5414fa560f4ec937415b01'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The things you say to prospective buyers about your home and neighbourhood, may put them off putting in an offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":135809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[12644,12645,12646],"class_list":["post-135808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-5-bits-of-advice-from-estate-agents","tag-5-things-you-shouldnt-say-to-buyers","tag-dont-say-this-to-a-prospective-home-buyer"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["5 bits of advice from estate agents","5 things you shouldn't say to buyers","Don't say this to a prospective home buyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}