10 Questions To Ask When Hiring An Estate Agent In Grassy Park and Surrounding areas like Retreat, Southfield, Plumstead, Ottery, Rondebosch East, Lansdowne, Zeekoevlei, Lotus River, Strandfontein and Mitchells Plain

8. How many Buyers are you currently working with in Grassy Park?

Obviously, the more buyers in Grassy Park your estate agent is working with, the better your chances are of selling your Grassy Park houses for sale quickly.

It will also impact price because an agent with many buyers can set up an auction-like atmosphere where many buyers bid on your properties at the same time.

Ask them to describe the home selling system they have for attracting buyers in Grassy Park.

Also, please beware because many agents in Grassy Park will claim they have a huge buyers database. Ask to see this buyers list (if they are unable to show this buyers list to you, you need to think twice about listing your house in Grassy Park with such an agent.

If the estate agent does not have a list of at least 4000 email addresses of potential home buyers on his list, it's a warning sign that he is probably not one of the top estate agents in the Grassy Park area.

9. Do you have a reference list of clients in the Grassy Park and surrounding areas I could contact?

Ask to see this list of real estate clients, and then proceed to spot check some of the names.

10. What happens if I'm not happy with the job you are doing to get my home in Grassy Park sold?

Can I cancel my listing mandate?

Be wary of Grassy Park estate agents that lock you into a lengthy listing contract which they can get out of (by ceasing to effectively market your home) but you can't. There are usually penalties and estate agency protection periods which safeguard the agent's interests, but not yours.

How confident is your agent in the service s/he will provide you?

Will s/he allow you to cancel your contract without penalty if you're not satisfied with the service provided?

Does the estate agent have a Quality Assurance Programme run by an independent party like a franchise head office, who will check up on the service you received and to whom you can direct customer service complaints?

Does the agent have a Guaranteed Sold programme in place i.e. if your home does not sell, will he put his money where his mouth is and buy your property?